The total value of printed money and coins in the world (M0) is only $4 trillion. The 2010 proposed US Government budget: $3.6 trillion.
As of October 2008, the M0 was valued at US$ 3,934 billion in public circulating banknotes and coins.
The total US debt obligation is now greater than the annual Gross Domestic Product of the entire world.
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