$1 Million a minute!

National Debt Grows $1 Million a Minute December 3, 2007 By TOM RAUM Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Like a ticking time bomb, the national debt is an explosion waiting to happen. It's expanding by about $1.4 billion a day, or nearly $1 million a minute.

Is it time to stop talking nonsense about tax cuts? Can the United States start working towards reducing the deficit? With the political season more than in full swing, why is no candidate talking about this? Yes, it is the economy, and at the speed the deficit is climbing, the deficit is one of the more serious problems facing the economy.