Over $5 trillion in new debt since Pelosi promised ‘No New Deficit Spending’
By: Mark Hemingway
Commentary Staff Writer
10/25/10 10:40 AM EDT
Terry Jeffrey at CNS News had the bright idea to look up how much the deficit had increased since Pelosi promised to stop deficit spending. Not surprisingly, it’s a lot:
<<< When Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) gave her inaugural address as speaker of the House in 2007, she vowed there would be “no new deficit spending.” Since that day, the national debt has increased by $5 trillion, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.
“After years of historic deficits, this 110th Congress will commit itself to a higher standard: Pay as you go, no new deficit spending,” Pelosi said in her speech from the speaker’s podium. “Our new America will provide unlimited opportunity for future generations, not burden them with mountains of debt.”
Pelosi has served as speaker in the 110th and 111th Congresses.
At the close of business on Jan. 4, 2007, Pelosi’s first day as speaker, the national debt was $8,670,596,242,973.04 (8.67 trillion), according to the Bureau of the Public Debt, a division of the U.S. Treasury Department. At the close of business on Oct. 22, it stood at $13,667,983,325,978.31 (13.67 trillion), an increase of 4,997,387,083,005.27 (or approximately $5 trillion). >>>
It’s easy to forget that Democrats were elected in 2006 on a platform of fiscal responsibility.
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