there is a digital number that portrays the amount of third world debt, and you cant see the last two digits they are increasing so fast????
I heard this an would just like to know if its true, it may not even be in Times square, I might have got that bit wrong, maybe its just if you stick it on a digital screen you wont see the last two numbers..............anyone??
2006-08-30 08:46:48 · 14 answers · asked by P 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Oh, i don't know about third world debt. I know there is a billboard somewhere that calculates how much America is in debt due to the war in Iraq. I think maybe its in new york.
2006-08-30 08:49:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Actually the sign showed US government debt, and each family's share. It was knocked down a few months ago, to make room for a new skyscraper. It was on the corner of 6th and 42nd, so actually a block from times Square. You could see the last 2 digits, but they moved faster than the pennies on a premium gas pump
2006-08-30 08:51:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Years ago (in the 60s and 70s)there was a neon counter in or near Times Square that displayed U. S. government debt. I beleive that it was connected to an atomic clock.
Whether it stil shows this figure today or third world dept, I don't know.
2006-08-30 09:01:03 · answer #3 · answered by williamh772 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What made you think it was third world debt? Or that it has anything to do with the war in Iraq?
America is trillions of dollars in debt and has no chane of ever repaying it. This goes back to the Reagan administration, when the dollar was devalued. Sheesh.
Google for the 'u.s. national debt clock', theres loads of info.
2006-08-30 08:57:46 · answer #4 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the US National Debt- not 3rd world debt.
There was a few years under the Clinton administration where it ran backwards.
2006-08-30 08:52:26 · answer #5 · answered by Morey000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I didn't see it when I was there last year.
2006-08-30 08:50:16 · answer #6 · answered by honey lugs 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, there is a sign like that in the area.
2006-08-30 08:49:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe
2006-08-30 08:51:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anry 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its the US debt and yes it there.
scary, huh?
2006-08-30 11:35:13 · answer #9 · answered by Jenster*is*flipping*you*off 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yea I think it is in time square
2006-08-30 08:49:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋