By the numbers
By Chuck Doud
The Madera Tribune
$9.4 trillion : Total U.S. public debt as of May 22
$23.5 billion : Amount of money Uncle Sam had in the bank as of May 22
$243.9 billion : Interest paid on national debt so far this fiscal year
$1.5 trillion : Money received by Uncle Sam so far this fiscal year through April
$1.7 trillion : Money spent so far this fiscal year by Uncle Sam through April
600,000 : Number of unresolved claims backlogged with the Veterans Administration
154,000 : Estimated number of veterans nationwide who are homeless on any given night
1.1 million : Number of signatures turned in on petitions favoring the California Marriage Protection Act for the fall ballot
61 percent : Percentage by which voters passed Proposition 22, which banned gay marriages in California until a 4-3 judicial ruling overturned it earlier this month
150,000 : The number of unauthorized copyrighted videoclips that Viacom, in its lawsuit against YouTube, claims YouTubers have stolen
$1 billion : Amount Viacom seeks from YouTube
4,082 : Number of people killed in Iraq since the beginning of the Iraq war in 2003, as of Monday
68,670 : Approximate number of people killed by drunk drivers in the U.S. since the beginning of the Iraq war
