If the Federal Debt Could Be Imagined as a Map of the United States…

Less than 3 minutes is all it takes for this excellent visual explanation of the rate of our mounting national debt (H/T Gene Kinsey):

Brought to you by the same guy who cleverly explained Barack Obama’s proposed spending “cuts” in terms of pennies and large containers of water. I hope he keeps these coming.

For the record, I’m not comfortable with any rate of speed going westward at this point. Rather than drag-racing to Los Angeles, I’d be happy to see us hitchhiking back to the Big Apple (metaphorically speaking, that is).