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Originally Posted by Shortsguy1
Would Jan. 20, 2001 be a better start date to this thread?
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Sure, why not: Jan 19th, 2001: $5,727,776,738,304.64 (sorry, figure for Jan 20th not available)
How about on Jan 20th, 2009: $10,626,877,048,913.08
Oh, what a surprise, the current guy has racked up $6.1 Trillion in 4.75 years versus the previous guy, who incurred $4.8T in 8 full years.
Were you perhaps expecting a different result?
Want to know how much debt accrued during the Clinton administration? (Hint: it is still a very big number.)
Information sourced at treasurydirect.gov, the U.S. governments own website.