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==About== | ==About== | ||
This article relates to comparisons of budgetary spending and policy across the different {{USA}} Presidential administrations. | This article relates to comparisons of budgetary spending and policy across the different {{USA}} Presidential administrations. | ||
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==Numbers== | ==Numbers== | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
===Reference=== | ===Reference=== | ||
| − | * [http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt.htm Historical Debt Outstanding | + | * [http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt.htm Historical Debt Outstanding – Annual]: year-by-year listings of the US public debt, going back to 1791 |
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20070202004154/http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opd.htm earlier incarnation] of that information | ** [http://web.archive.org/web/20070202004154/http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opd.htm earlier incarnation] of that information | ||
===To Be Filed=== | ===To Be Filed=== | ||
| + | * '''2013-10-20''' [http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/oct/22/tom-colicchio/celebrated-chef-tom-colicchio-tweets-relatively-li/ Celebrated chef Tom Colicchio tweets that relatively little debt accumulated under Barack Obama]: FALSE | ||
| + | * '''2013-07-24''' [http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jul/25/barack-obama/obama-says-deficit-falling-fastest-rate-60-years/ Obama says deficit is falling at the fastest rate in 60 years]: TRUE | ||
| + | * '''2008-07-20''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130503214949/http://www.geldpress.com/2008/07/us-budget-reporting-deception The United States Has Not Had A Balanced Budget Since 1957!] (archived) explains how the claims of a surplus for Clinton are actually derived by leaving out part of the debt. | ||
* [http://www.sideshow.connectfree.co.uk/JustForTheRecord.htm Just For the Record] by Dwight Meredith: multiple comparisons across [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]]/[[Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson]], [[Richard M. Nixon|Nixon]]/[[Gerald R. Ford|Ford]], [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]], [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]], [[George H.W. Bush|Bush I]], and [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] administrations. Summary (all figures are in 1996 dollars): | * [http://www.sideshow.connectfree.co.uk/JustForTheRecord.htm Just For the Record] by Dwight Meredith: multiple comparisons across [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]]/[[Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson]], [[Richard M. Nixon|Nixon]]/[[Gerald R. Ford|Ford]], [[Jimmy Carter|Carter]], [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]], [[George H.W. Bush|Bush I]], and [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] administrations. Summary (all figures are in 1996 dollars): | ||
** Republican presidents increased the national debt by $3.8 trillion, with an average annual deficit of $190 billion. | ** Republican presidents increased the national debt by $3.8 trillion, with an average annual deficit of $190 billion. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:51, 31 December 2021
About
This article relates to comparisons of budgetary spending and policy across the different United States Presidential administrations.
Numbers
| Deficit | Debt | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | $ | %GDP | $ | %GDP | president |
| 1992-09-30 | 4,064,620,655,521.66 | Bush I leaving, Clinton incoming | |||
| 2000-09-30 | 5,674,178,209,886.86 | Clinton leaving, Bush II incoming | |||
| 2007-09-30 | 9,007,653,372,262.48 | Bush II leaving, Obama incoming | |||
Links
Reference
- Historical Debt Outstanding – Annual: year-by-year listings of the US public debt, going back to 1791
- earlier incarnation of that information
To Be Filed
- 2013-10-20 Celebrated chef Tom Colicchio tweets that relatively little debt accumulated under Barack Obama: FALSE
- 2013-07-24 Obama says deficit is falling at the fastest rate in 60 years: TRUE
- 2008-07-20 The United States Has Not Had A Balanced Budget Since 1957! (archived) explains how the claims of a surplus for Clinton are actually derived by leaving out part of the debt.
- Just For the Record by Dwight Meredith: multiple comparisons across Kennedy/Johnson, Nixon/Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, and Clinton administrations. Summary (all figures are in 1996 dollars):
- Republican presidents increased the national debt by $3.8 trillion, with an average annual deficit of $190 billion.
- Democratic presidents increased the national debt by $719.5 billion, with an average annual deficit of $36 billion.
- The Latest Data on Bush's Spendthrift Ways: Percentage Changes in Real Discretionary Spending for LBJ, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush
- How to Withstand the Coming Bush Economic Crisis: analysis of expected effects on the economy, written for portfolio investors
- President Reagan, Champion Budget-Cutter by Veronique de Rugy of the American Enterprise Institute