WASHINGTON —  The Concord
Coalition’s National Debt Clock – an oversized electronic scoreboard that ticks
off the growth of our $5.6 trillion national debt at $3,517 per second  – will visit communities in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee and Louisiana over the last two weeks of the August
Congressional recess.

WASHINGTON —  The Concord
Coalition’s National Debt Clock – an oversized electronic scoreboard that ticks
off the growth of our $5.6 trillion national debt at $3,517 per second  – will visit communities in Georgia, Alabama,
Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee and Louisiana over the last two weeks of the August
Congressional recess.

        
The clock, which is mounted on a 25-foot trailer, displays the dramatic
second-by-second growth of the national debt as well as each family’s share of the
debt, which equals approximately $83,000 for a family of four or $21,000 per person.

        
“Concord’s National Debt Clock allows citizens to see first-hand exactly
how fast the national debt is growing, despite the claims of some politicians that we have
a budget surplus.  The fact that our national
debt is growing at over $3,500 per second goes to show that we really can’t afford a
$792 billion tax cut or permanent spending increases. 
We have a moral responsibility to future generations to use any surplus above and
beyond Social Security to pay down the mounting national debt and tackle real reform of
Social Security and Medicare,” said Concord Field Director Harry Zeeve.

        
The Concord Coalition was founded in 1992 by the late former Senator Paul Tsongas
(D-Mass.) and former Senator Warren Rudman (R-N.H.). 
Former Senator Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) joined Rudman as co-chair of the organization in
1997.  The Concord Coalition is a nonpartisan,
grass roots organization dedicated to balanced federal budgets and generationally
responsible fiscal policy.

Tentative Itinerary (times &
locations, TBD)

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