In the christmas spirit ... the 3 ghosts

The ghost of Christmas Past: Debt was at 5.6 trillion dollars
http://www.usdebtclock.org/2000.html

The ghost of Christmas Present: Debt is at 13.9 trillion dollars
http://www.usdebtclock.org/index.html

The ghost of Christmas future: Debt predicted to be 24.4 trillion dollars!!!!
http://www.usdebtclock.org/2015-current-rates.html