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 35 trillion. Hard number to understand even 1 Trillion. 

If we relate this to time, 1 trillion SECONDS ago was around 31,000 years ago....just over.

So our national debt using this analogy, could take us back 1.1M years when we where hunting wooly mammoths and sabertooth Tigers for food using grunts and body language to communicate. 

Now understanding what the 1 Trillion number sorta is, how can any of todays world tell me your grandkids grandkids grandkids arnt debt slaves?