From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Ellen K."  wrote
in message news:o2j5r0lf78c05hrjjgsnpqf08rthbriigp{at}4ax.com...
> You are mixing apples and oranges.
>
> We are talking about the size of the national debt in order to assess
> whether the government is borrowing responsibly or irresponsibly.  The
> amount of private debt is irrelevant to this question.
>

Only if you assume there is an unlimited pool of funds to borrow the
national debt from. Is the rate of savings in the US enough to finance the
US deficit and debt ?

Bob Lewis

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