How much did the national debt increase during the elder Bush's adminstration?
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A lot, but not as much as this administration.
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Right now it is 21 trillion, and they inherited 20 trillion, with a balanced budget. So, in 6 years the Republicans have more than doubled our national debt. That is $30,000.00 dollars a piece for every American man, woman, and child to pay "TODAY" and it's going up. The New York Times reporting.
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I can't find the deficit, but here's a graph that shows the U.S. national debt as it was created over time.\n\nAt the time Reagan left office, it was right around $4 trillion, or about twice what it was when he took office in 1980.\n\nhttp://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/faq.html
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well the national debt i believe is like 4 or 5 TRILLION... so that's what 4 or 5 thousand billion.  I know he say's 9/11 alot, but probably not more than 4 or 5 thousand.    so, i guess the debt wins...   hahaha
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He got America out of a huge national deficit which 2 republican administrations got us in before!!!
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Most of that stuff happens to every administration. The control of the borders isn't any worse than it ever was. It's just that someone is making an isssue of it, (to distract from Iraq if you ask me). But I agree about the deficit. He turned a record surplus, into a deficit, long before 9/11, so you can't blame it on that.
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It will be higher, because George W. Bush is president.
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The long and the short of it is that government cut spending and balanced the budget under the Clinton administration, then STARTED collected more taxes than were being spent by the time Bush took office. This amounted to a PROJECTED surplus, not a real one "yet."\n\nBush continued and worked on cutting domestic spending (where Clinton cut spending in military) and pushed through tax cuts to stimulate the economy that was floundering when he took office, and then, of course the war on terror broke out. Though 'fixing social security' and rebuilding the military was part of his platform, (he really needed to rebuild it quickly now). Any of the PROJECTED surplus was spent away and the budget hasn't been balanced since (go figure) and no additional debt reduction was ever pursued.\n\nSo, the surplus you hear about never really came into being and the national debt has been steadily going up for over 50 years without any sign of being reduced. \n\nSo, since most of the government's IOU's are in the budget columns of social security, you had better invest into a 401k! Hope that makes sense....
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The President of the United States has, since 2001 made $400,000 per year. That is the least, accounting for inflation, that a president has made since 1872.
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Ok so 1. Our debt is actually mostly to ourselves not other countries although some foreign investors hold U.S. government bonds and such.\n\n2. Bill Clinton did NOT erase the national debt. That is an impossible task for 1 President to do considering the debt is now something like 8 trillion dollars...I'm not sure of teh exact number. What Clinton did was erase the national deficit for a couple of years. A deficit is the debt for 1 year...the national debt is the accumulation of that. \n\nNow that that's clear...yes more money should be going to pay the national debt. But really, first, we need a balanced budget so that we can stop increasing the debt. And then whatever surplus there is should go towards paying off the national debt instead of tax cuts. not that I'm against tax cuts or anything.
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I believe it was in excess of 500,000.  Bush is only up to 2,000+ Americans and 100,000+ Iraqis (mostly civilian)
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lets rememeber that he has spent more $ during his presidency than all other presidents combined!
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The current Republican administration has given us the biggest INCREASE in spending on social programs in our history, besides the increases in defense spending. For example, 15 MILLION MORE people are on Medicaid now than when George W. assumed office in January, 2001, and this has become our most expensive entitlement program. If that ain't liberal, what the hell is?
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a ton. dont let the media and george bush fool you
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http://www.realchange.org/bushjr.htm
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http://www.govspot.com/know/presidentsalary.htm\n\n400k
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Yes, and i still bring up this argument when talking politics with an avid Reagan/bush/bush fan. It is hard not to forget that Reagan plunged the national debt to levels previously unheard. But let us not forget that the economy took a horrible hit as well, with FIFTY percent of farmers(just mentioning one of the hard it economic groups) nation wide going bankrupt thanks to his trickle down economics. Lets us learn from one of the worst presidents ever and try not to vote another one in...uh...wait..damn, to late.