asymptotic.. every US citizen is going into debt $28.12/day US debt on Sept 8/2017 = $20 trillion. US debt on October 25/2017=$20.427 trillion. Debt added over 42 days = $427 billion. Debt added per day = $9.08 billion. US population = 323.1 million. Debt added per day per citizen = $28.12. The asymptotic accumulation of US debt is putting a floor under gold prices. Fiat paper currency has an ever increasing supply while the gold and silver supply is finite. That's why they put gold and silver as real money in the US constitution.. things have gone astray a bit. :)