Government Debt and Unfunded Liabilities
$11.9T federal debt U.S. Treasury
$24.4T Medicare B+D (medical + drugs) Concord Coalition Facing Facts Aug 2009
$13.5T Medicare A (hospital stays) Concord Coalition Facing Facts Aug 2009 $13.8T - $0.3T in HITF
$5.2T Social Security Concord Coalition Facing Facts Aug 2009 $7.7T - $2.3T in OASITF - $0.2T in DITF
$4.6T federal civilian and military retiree benefits 2008 Financial Report of the United States Government $5.3T - $0.7T T-bills in federal pension trust funds
$3.2T state and local pensions Public Pension Promises: How Big are They and What are They Worth?
$1.4T state and local debt (2005) 2009 Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
$64.2T TOTAL

Social Security and Medicare figures are the present value of the 75-year-horizon obligation, the standard calculation of Social Security's own trustees.

U.S. Census Bureau population clock is here. Per-person figures are:

Government Creditors and Entitlement Beneficiaries

  • Social Security retirement/survivor benefits to those who have not yet recouped all lifetime contributions plus interest
  • government debt held by private U.S. creditors
  • government debt held by foreign creditors
  • government debt held by government agencies (e.g. SS/Medicare trust funds)
  • Unemployment insurance benefits
  • Social Security disability benefits
  • Housing assistance
  • Food stamps and children's nutrition
  • Supplemental Security Income
  • Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
  • Veterans' medical benefits
  • Childrens' health insurance benefits
  • Medicaid benefits
  • Medicare Part A (hospitalization) benefits
  • Medicare Part B (medical) benefits
  • Medicare Part D (prescription drug) benefits
  • Social Security retirement/survivor benefits to those who have already recouped all lifetime contributions plus interest
  • Student loan guarantees
  • Government employee pensions
    • military
    • police
    • firemen
    • railroad
    • teachers
    • nurses
    • other civil servants
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