> " The US national debt as of March 2008 stands at $9.4 trillion. Just think, in the last seven months it has increased by $1.2T and congress gave Paulson only half of what he wanted. http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np Don Bowen KI6DIU http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html