Who Own the US National Debt? - Neatorama

This pie chart makes it easy to see that, contrary to popular belief, the US is not indebted to foreign countries as much as to ourselves. That's still a lot of debt! The Skeptical Optimist has the statistics, and an enlargable pie chart. Link

2.6 Trillion to the U.S. Citizens.
300 Million population.
So Uncles Scam owes me $8,666? Is that right? How do I collect?

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Yeah, can I just offset my income tax with this?

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Just because someone made a pie chart, doesn't mean it's true. There's an old saying, "Statistics don't lie. Lier's do statistics." A chart can be created to represent just about any viewpoint and/or be modified based on the data the statistician uses.

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Please help me understand how one can be owe itself money.

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To say that this chart is deceptive is an insult to deceptive - his foreign number is based on outdated info (China's dollar reserves have gone up at least $350Billion since then, not to mention OPEC/Russia oil $), and he ignores the Fed holding securities in accounts for foreigners not for itself - overall, SO is a propagandist, and not one I would quote on even the weather

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