Is the National Debt as Fascinating as It Seems to Be?

"I have a pithy way of speaking on occasion and uh I frequently speak in a way that works with an end group but wouldn't necessarily work everywhere else," Buffett said. "Every once in a while when you take one of those wise-ass comments out of context why I very much wish that it hadn't occurred this was such a case though or me zone six or we in five which one are we in Kelly or mr. Munger next?" he added. The U.S. national debt stands at about 60 odd percent of GDP without counting unfunded pensions.