Consider a debt snowball approach - list your debts from highest to the lowest. Then pay the minimum payments on all debts, except the smallest balance, which you should pay the minimum plus as much as you can find in your budget to pay off the balance.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. Total public debt subject to limit Sept. 1 13,375,948 Statutory debt limit 14,294,000 Total public debt outstanding Sept. 1 13,426,803 Operating balance Sept. 1 247,650 Net interest fiscal year 2010 thru July 185,248 Net interest same period 2009 ...