Debt clock runs out of spaces 20560
http://www.wkyc.com/news/world/news_article.aspx?storyid=98054&catid=22
by oblio
Wed Oct 8th, 2008 12:40pm
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Remember when gas stations ran out of the number "4" to put on their signage when prices skyrocketed? Well, there's a similar predicament in Times Square.
The National Debt Clock has run out of spaces to display $10 trillion in red numerals.
By adding $100 billion to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and $700 billion to bail out banks and the credit market, there's no room for more zeroes.
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