US Debt: Visualizing The $31.4 Trillion Owed In 2023

Can you picture what $31.4 trillion looks like? The enormity of U.S. government debt is hard for the average person to wrap their head around. For instance, compared to the median U.S. mortgage, the current level of federal debt is 230 million times larger. In this graphic, Visual Capitalist’s Julie Peasley shows how many one-dollar bills it would take to stack up to the total U.S. debt of $31.4 trillion. The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is