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| − | == | + | ==About== |
| − | + | This article relates to comparisons of budgetary spending and policy across the different {{USA}} Presidential administrations. | |
| + | ==Numbers== | ||
| + | [[category:data]] | ||
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| + | ! || colspan=2 | Deficit || colspan=2 | Debt || | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! Date || $ || %GDP || $ || %GDP || [[President of the United States|president]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 1992-09-30 || || || 4,064,620,655,521.66 || || [[George H.W. Bush|Bush I]] leaving, [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] incoming | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 2000-09-30 || || || 5,674,178,209,886.86 || || [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] leaving, [[Bush-Cheney administration|Bush II]] incoming | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | 2007-09-30 || || || 9,007,653,372,262.48 || || [[Bush-Cheney administration|Bush II]] leaving, [[Barack Obama|Obama]] incoming | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | [http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt.htm Source] | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| − | * [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 | + | ===Reference=== |
| + | * [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 | ||
| + | ===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): | ||
| + | ** 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. | ||
* [http://www.reason.com/hitandrun/2005/10/the_latest_data.shtml The Latest Data on Bush's Spendthrift Ways]: Percentage Changes in Real Discretionary Spending for [[Lyndon B. Johnson|LBJ]], [[Richard M. Nixon|Nixon]], [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]], [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]], and [[George W. Bush|Bush]] | * [http://www.reason.com/hitandrun/2005/10/the_latest_data.shtml The Latest Data on Bush's Spendthrift Ways]: Percentage Changes in Real Discretionary Spending for [[Lyndon B. Johnson|LBJ]], [[Richard M. Nixon|Nixon]], [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]], [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]], and [[George W. Bush|Bush]] | ||
* [http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/bizfinance/columns/bottomline/14639/ How to Withstand the Coming Bush Economic Crisis]: analysis of expected effects on the economy, written for portfolio investors | * [http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/bizfinance/columns/bottomline/14639/ How to Withstand the Coming Bush Economic Crisis]: analysis of expected effects on the economy, written for portfolio investors | ||
* [http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.20675/pub_detail.asp President Reagan, Champion Budget-Cutter] by Veronique de Rugy of the [[Wikipedia:American Enterprise Institute|American Enterprise Institute]] | * [http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.20675/pub_detail.asp President Reagan, Champion Budget-Cutter] by Veronique de Rugy of the [[Wikipedia:American Enterprise Institute|American Enterprise Institute]] | ||
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