Put another way Obama requests to put another $7,000 in debt on every *working man, woman, and child in one swoop.   A Trillion = A Thousand Billions.

(*there are approximately 150 million people working)

That brings the total U.S. debt for every person in the United States to over $48,000 per person, or $100,000 per worker.

(OTM) — President Obama has officially requested an increase to the statutory debt limit.The formal request gives both chambers 15 days to vote on whether to approve of the $1.2 trillion hike. The House plans to vote on this request when it returns next week, a spokeswoman for Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said.

In a letter to House and Senate leaders sent Thursday, the president informed the Congress that the federal government had come within $100 billion of the existing limit and another increase is “required to meet existing commitments.”

The boost will be the third and final increase to the ceiling under the debt limit deal struck in August, and is intended to cover the government’s borrowing through the 2012 elections. (read more)