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To: RetiredNow who wrote (5367)2/26/2009 8:53:03 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86352
 
treasurydirect.gov

Date Debt Held by the Public Intragovernmental Holdings Total Public Debt Outstanding

01/19/2001 Not Available Not Available 5,727,776,738,304.64
....
09/28/2001 3,339,310,176,094.74 2,468,153,236,105.32 5,807,463,412,200.06
.....
01/20/2009 6,307,310,739,681.66 4,319,566,309,231.42 10,626,877,048,913.08

Most of our debt was piled on during the Reagan years and during the Bush Jr years.

Since Obama and the Democrats have just passed a $800 billion spending bill followed by a $400 billion spending bill and Obama is planning on running almost a $2 trillion defict next year, you won't be able to say that four years from now.