[zyb09]

Its 125 billions, not 1250 billions. Also US deficit is around ~500 bil now (way less then 1250b, but more then 125b)

[iokevins]

Wikipedia[1] reports deficit was ~1,250 bilions in the 2011-12 timeframe, dropping significantly in 2013. Wayback machine[2] seems to indicate the author wrote the page in the 2013 timeframe, so the figures probably need updating.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#/...

[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20131210100653/http://superchimn...