don't ask how i came across the page for the bureau of the public debt. do ask why they chose lime green and blue as their colors (better than purple tho, i suppose). also, the amounts of debt held by the public ($4,216,270,760,489.97, i assume in the form of treaure bonds etc) and in intragovernmental holdings ($2,948,527,197,607.68) are a little hard to wrap the head around. the historical numbers are interesting, esp 1791-1849. ah, 1835, those were the days.