I'm talking about public debt, which anyone can easily find stats about online. Notice the out of character upward trend since what, the 60s? I'm talking about debt based economy, I'm talking about 2 and 3 generations back when a high-school education got you a job that could support a wife and 2 kids, and take care of their teeth to boot. If your kids work for me, that is as public servants, than count them as some of the lucky ones, because my cheques never bounce, and if they did then you're lucky again that the banks are too big too fail.