The Time Is Now

"There is no dignity
quite so impressive,
and no independence
quite so important,
as living within your means."
— Calvin Coolidge

$16,000,000,000,000 (Sixteen trillion dollars). 


   This is our national debt. It is equivalent to nearly $46,000 for every man, woman, and child in America. 


   Just how astronomical is $16,000,000,000,000? Well, let's think about it in terms of time. How long a period of time is 16,000,000,000,000 seconds?

   16,000,000,000,000 seconds = 266,666,666,666.667 minutes
   266,666,666,666.667 minutes = 4,444,444,444.445 hours
   4,444,444,444.445 hours = 185,185,185.18 days
   185,185,185.18 days = 26,455,026.46 weeks
   26,455,026.46 weeks = 508,750.5 years


16,000,000,000,000 seconds = 508,750.5 YEARS.


   Here's a list of the top ten countries by GDP as of 2010:

No.	Country	GDP (PPP)	Economy Value
1.	USA	$ 14,260,000 trillion
2.	China	$ 8,789,000 trillion	$1.33 trillion
3.	Japan	$ 4,137,000 trillion	$1.28 trillion
4.	India	$ 3,560,000 trillion
5.	Germany	$ 2,811,000 trillion
6.	United Kingdom	$ 2,149,000 trillion
7.	Russia	$ 2,116,000 trillion
8.	France	$ 2,110,000 trillion
9.	Brazil	$ 2,025,000 trillion
10.	Italy	$ 1,760,000 trillion

    Notice that America's debt is now exceeding her GDP. This is not good.
Notice also that America's debt is nearly twice the GDP of China.
It's nearly four times the GDP of Japan, five times that of India and Germany.


   President Obama's administration, along with the Democrat controlled Congress added the equivalent to the combined GDP's of Germany and the UK to America's national debt in less than three years, and the Congress has just approved raising the debt ceiling again in an amount comparable to the GDP of Russia.


   Now, ask yourself if your elected officials in Washington have had your best interests at heart. They've spent and borrowed this ungodly amount in your name. You are on the hook to repay this debt; but not only you, your children and grandchildren and their children after them. 


   It is time for a house cleaning in Washington, and not just a sweeping of the floor. Every nook and cranny needs to be exposed. Every chair overturned. Every vermin eradicated from the house. 


   Ecclesiastes chapter 3 tells us there is a time for everything. Now is the time for action. We cannot, and America cannot, afford to allow the status quo to continue. We must find the courage to stand up and demand accountability from our leaders. We have, up to this point, failed in our responsibilities. The time is at hand. If not now, when? If not us, who? It's time to get down to business.


Godspeed.