Help me.

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Ok. Ill bite. How did you get $45,000 in debt.

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Been there, done that. Maximize you income and eliminate all unnecessary expenses. Sell whatever you don't really need (including extra cars). Pay down the debt as aggressively as you can. Depending on your income it may take a few years. Once it's payed off; never, ever borrow money again.

I'm guessing Kuan is referring to how much each US citizen is on the hook for the national debt?

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Bingo!

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Boy, that was a kick in the stomach!

Luckily my wife and I are gonna save over $100,000 in interest due to our recent refinance on the house! So about half of that can go to help Uncle Sam and his appetite for my hard earned cash!!

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

Good advice for Uncle Sam though!

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2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

Cute.

Good catch.

So that is how much the national debt is......any idea how much individual debt American citizens have accumulated themselves and how much that would be if distributed equally?

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BTDT in real life, this way is a piece of cake.

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'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

You were saying....

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No idea, but we may find out soon. My contribution would be zero other than my house mortgage.

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I owe $142,000, the good part is that the real estate I owe on is worth $320,000.

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Actually, when you put it in terms of "per person" it seems much more manageable than the total debt number. That is the kind of number that an individual can actually pay off within a few years.

According to this, it's about $18K and change per household (not including mortgage debt):

http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/savinganddebt/p70581.asp