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digitalengineer on Jan 25, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Blowing the Whistle on the Mortgage Bubble

Just curious: Does the debt number include unfunded liabilities for social security, medicare, etc?

mseebach on Jan 25, 2013 [–]

No, "public debt" is at 73%, including "intragovernmental holdings" (social security etc) it's at 105%

See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt#Meas... and refer to the first paragraph of the article of a definition of the two debt types.

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