Tea Party Group Shows National Debt as Household Budget

Fox News is reporting that a Tea Party group has created an illustration showing the national debt as a household budget. You can see their illustration in the picture above, and click here to read the news article.

This is a wonderful, simple way to show just how out of hand our national debt has become.

We also produced a similar piece back in July that shows what our budget deficit looks like compared to a monthly household budget.  We've re-posted that video below.

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