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Old 12-26-2011, 07:51 PM  
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Originally Posted by theking View Post
Approximately 25% of the national debt is held by foreign countries. Of that amount China holds a little over 1 trillion dollars...so no they do not hold "trillions" of dollars of U.S. debt.

BTW the other...approximately 75%...is held by Americans.
You are correct, they hold over a trillion in debt, but not "trillions." My point is that China is the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt at over 1 trillion dollars.
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