Risen Steadily
Public debt is the money owed by any one branch of the government. National debt is the money owed by all the branches of government.
Clinton didnt even balance the budget 6 out of 8 years, much less put a dent in the national debt. The US was last Debt free in 1836. The level of National debt to GDP has varied regularly; good is 15% or less (preferable 10% or less) bad is over that, and really bad over 25%.
The first incur of the national debt was predominantly when the US first began as a country, the expense of the American revolution was somewhat around 75.4 million dollars. Over time, due to expansion and purchase by the nation this caused more debt to accumulate and fluctuate.
In 1985 the National debt was around 2 trillion and in 1995 it was just shy of 4 trillion and from there it has taken off now (2011) at 14 trillion and going up at 100-300 billion a day.
so they can be out of debt, and so they can buy land
Risen Steadily
all federal debt from previous years.
The Gross National Product; The National Debt is reaching 10 trillion and the G.N.P. is over 11 trillion.
Public debt is the money owed by any one branch of the government. National debt is the money owed by all the branches of government.
Clinton didnt even balance the budget 6 out of 8 years, much less put a dent in the national debt. The US was last Debt free in 1836. The level of National debt to GDP has varied regularly; good is 15% or less (preferable 10% or less) bad is over that, and really bad over 25%.
The national debt is the amount of money the US owes over the amount of money it takes in. Debt is funded by selling treasury bonds. The U.S. currently has a national debt around 17.5 trillion dollars.
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The US has been racking up the national debt over the years; thereby causing the interest to go up, and placing this burden on Americans.
the national debt was something used to create national debt
over a billion dollars
over 1 trillion pounds
over 138. billion that's 3.36%