The Chicago Tribune had an excellent set of charts this weekend in A Tsunami of Red Ink regarding US government debt and who owns it, and also a comparison of US debt to the national debt of other countries. Debt as a Percentage of GDP Comparison of US Debt to Other Countries Click on the link at the top to see foreign holders of US debt country by country. The top three US debt holders are China, Japan, and Canada. Some will not believe those figures on debt to GDP comparisons. I …

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Tsunami of Red Ink – Global Look at National Debt and Who Owns US Debt