Via Convention Of States site & The Washington Examiner- Monday, in the wake of new legislation suspending the debt ceiling, the national debt jumped $339 billion. That means that in one day, the debt burden our children and grandchildren will carry rose from $18.1 trillion to $18.5 trillion. The Washington Examiner reports: The U.S. national debt jumped $339 billion on Monday, the same day President Obama signed into law legislation suspending the debt ceiling. That legislation allowed the government to borrow as much as it wants above the $18.1 trillion debt ceiling that had … [Read more...]