Friday, July 29, 2011

Did you know ...

71% of national debt happened during repugican presidencies; 28% under Democrat presidents
repugican presidents     Democrat Presidents
$9.5 trillion                   $3.8 trillion

Total debt is $14.3 trillion.
$1 trillion of debt comes from before Reagan (NYT doesn't make clear who created that debt).
$13.3 trillion accumulated from Reagan to Obama.

71% of the $13.3 trillion was under repugican presidents.
28% of the $13.3 trillion was under Democrat presidents.

(Source: NYT pieced together data from Treasury, OMB, Federal Reserve Bank of NY, and more)

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