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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Celtictrader who wrote (149054)1/5/2020 3:58:51 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Respond to of 355902
 
"100 years ago, we had no national debt"



National debt, 1920... 25,952,456,406.16
treasurydirect.gov

"What in the heck happened?"
Fact checking became a thing. Also,...

Depression, rural electrification, WW2, nuclear arms race, Korea, interstate highways, Vietnam, our flag on the moon, the Arab oil boycott, Grenada, Republican tax policy, Gulf War, Al Gore invented the internet, 911, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Great Recession, global warming, and the legalization of marijuana.

Thanks for asking.