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12 Responses to “The Growing National Debt Debt Held by the Public 1968 – 2007”

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   Gros Tigre Says:
   December 14th, 2008 at 3:47 pm

   Where does the money come from, in the debt held by the public?
   It can’t be from other governments since there’s under 20 countries that have no debt and I’m sure there surpluses aren’t in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Also, there isn’t much incentive for private banks because the amount owed to them won’t pay itself through interest until 20 or 30 years later.

   [Editor - As the name implies, it is literally debt held by the public, where public consists of governments, corporations, and individuals. Take a look at U.S. Debt Held in Foreign Countries for a more detailed breakdown of who owns U. S. Government debt.]

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   The Three Categories of Federal Spending « The Daily Fridge Says:
   April 6th, 2009 at 2:01 pm

   [...] Interest on the National Debt is the net interest paid out after subtracting interest paid to the “trust funds” mentioned in Chart 6. The interest expense amount shown here is essentially interest paid by the government on debt held by the public (See chart The Growing National Debt Held By Public). [...]

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