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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