National Debt Clock

The National Debt Clock is a billboard-sized running total dot matrix display which constantly updates to show the current United States public debt and each American family's share of it. It is currently installed on Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) in Manhattan, New York City.
The idea for the clock came from New York real estate developer Seymour Durst, who wanted to highlight the rising national debt. In 1989, he sponsored the installation of the first clock, which was erected on 42nd Street close to Times Square. At the time, the national debt remained under $3 trillion but was rising. The clock was temporarily switched off from 2000 to 2002 due to the debt actually falling during that period.

In 2004, the original clock was dismantled and replaced by the current clock at the new location one block away. In 2008, the U.S. national debt exceeded $10 trillion for the first time, leading to press reports that the clock had run out of digits. Plans for an upgrade adding to the existing digits have been announced for 2009.
The original clock outlived Seymour who died in 1995, with Seymour's son Douglas taking over responsibility for the clock through the Durst Organization. As of September 2009, Douglas Durst's cousin Jonathan "Jody" Durst, with whom he currently shares a co-presidency of the company, is in the process of taking over the day-to-day operations as president. In an interview with The New York Times, Jonathan Durst has said that maintenance of the clock is planned "for years to come.
To view the updated debt of American economy and how much is the share of each American is? Please view this link:
http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
You can check it daily, it’s increasing daily. At this time each American is in a debt of at least $38,500
The electronic billboard hit its limit after US public debt rose above the $10 trillion mark for the first time on September 30th 2008.
As a temporary fix the dollar sign has been switched to a figure--the “1” in “$10 trillion”. The clock is currently marking the US federal government’s national debt at over $11 trillion.

-Ethan Howards-