For the year 2011:

The US Government spends $121,067 per second (both portions)
Of the total money shown above, the US Government borrows
$52,162 each second-- the right portion of the money.

The stack of money on the right is also the amount the debt ceiling is increased every second (on average).

For the year 2011:

- The US Government spends $7,264,020 per minute (both portions)
- Of the total money shown above, the US Government borrows $3,129,756 each minute-- shown on the right portion.

For the year 2011:

- The US Government spends $435,841,200 (~$435 million) per hour (both portions)
- Of the total money shown above, the US Government borrows $187,785,388 (187 million) each hour-- shown on the right portion.

No problem filling up a UPS/Fedex truck each hour, full of cash. The mail-man will never be out of a job processing all those payments..

For the year 2011:

- The US Government spends $10,460,188,800 (~$10 billion, 460 million) per day (both portions)
- Of the total money shown above, the US Government borrows $4,506,849,315 (4 billion, 506 million) each day.

For the year 2011:

- The US Government spends $73,221,917,808 (~$73 billion, 221 million) per week (both portions)
- Of the total money shown above, the US Government borrows $31,547,945,205 (31 billion, 547 million) each week-- shown on the right portion.

You can say Booyakashaa when this is your weekly allowance.

For the year 2011:

- The US Government spends 318,166,660,000 (~$318 billion, 166 million) per month (both portions)
- Of the total money shown above, the US Government borrows $137,083,333,333 (137 billion, 83 million) each month-- shown on the right portion.

Remember that the little "square" in front of the man is $1 million dollars. .

For the year 2011:

- The US Government's projected budget for year 2011 is $3,818,000,000,000.
- Of the total money shown above, the pile to the right in the amount of $1,645,000,000,000 is borrowed money.

No one in the world has as big of a salary as US Government, but it still borrows roughly 40% of the money it spends.

Source: CBO, GAO & USGovernmentSpending.com