July 11, 2013 11:30AM 

# Math Is Hard 

By [Thomas A. Firey](https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-firey) 

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From [yesterday’s *Hartford Courant*](http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/cartoons/hc-student-debt-national-debt-20130709,0,671447.story):

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No comment. [Just](http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/debt/current) [three](http://www.census.gov/popclock/) [links](http://www.online-calculator.com/). Or [one](http://www.usdebtclock.org/).

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