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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Peter Dierks who wrote (682092)5/11/2005 10:37:34 PM
From: Peter Dierks  Respond to of 769667
 
Year                 1929    1946    1974      1976      1980      1992      1996      2000      2002
National Debt ($B) $16.90 $241.90 $343.70 $477.40 $709.30 $2,998.60 $3,733.00 $3,733.90 $3,733.00
Nominal GDP ($B) $103.70 $222.30 $1,501.00 $1,823.90 $2,795.60 $6,318.90 $7,813.20 $9,824.60 $10,442.10
Debt/GDP (%) 16.30% 108.8% 22.9% 26.20% 25.40% 47.50% 47.80% 38.00% 35.80%


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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (682092)5/12/2005 2:35:42 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Respond to of 769667
 
You should source your figures so we know what you are actually referring to.

Try these links:

uwsa.com

Diversion of SS funds to disguise structural debt (dated figures):
whatreallyhappened.com

Grandfather Economics (*great links*!):
home.att.net

Flash file: compare the Presidents (nice!):
washingtonpost.com

National debt (from Grandfather):
mwhodges.home.att.net

From the Commerce Department:
stat-usa.gov