Katie Couric's Notebook: National Debt (CBS News)

[Nerocification]

The debt when George W. Bush took office was $5.727 Trillion when he left it was $10.627 Trillion. The total debt that George W accumulated in eight years of office is $4.9 Trillion The debt right now is $13.736 Trillion. In approximately 666 days in office, he has accumulated $3.066 Trillion. Using simple algebra you'll find by Dec 2011, Obama will have accumulated more debt in three years than George W. did in 8 years.

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Allen West 2012

[TheNecropolis20]

and we dont owe the world over 9 trillion we only owe the world 4 trillion the other 10 trillion is owed to people in the USA. but regardles i honestly beilve now that mc cain would have not increse the debt this much as obama and he would have vetoed all pork barrel spending in fact obama passed every bit of spending he gets only 2 trillion is manditory why must we spend the other 1.5 trillion im certain that alot of that 1.5 trillion is pork barrel. obama is worst president in history.

[MrBoy219]

You can't lower the Nation Debt when you got a big spender (obam wama ) in office

[dramos64]

Who do we owe this money to?

[Janusha]

today the national american debt is at

11,815,090,582,085.39 dollars.

Whereas my country has 2,5 trillion spare cash just sitting in an account making interest.

[hibobmovie]

andrew jackson killed the bank...my hero!

[joshlin4121]

only time america was debt free under andrew jackson 1835

[flashfan2]

cool i just did a report on this

[Rodney92]

A nine with 12 zeros? Thanks, George.

[IsntLifeJuicy89]

A 12 with 12 zeros? Thanks, Obama.

[doyce1000]

@Rodney92 george bush only spent 7 trillion, the rest was from obama

[TheNecropolis20]

@doyce1000 i agree obama has casue more damage to the debt that bush even considering that the bailout called T.A.R.P was mostly repaid and also factoring in other factors theres no one that can acount for how 2 trillion were added to the debt for each year of obama. the current national debt is 13,932.438,000,000 dollars. nearly 14 trillion and projected to reach this in a month or two

[TheNecropolis20]

@doyce1000 actually your kinda being too kind to obama bush only added 5 trillion to the debt and not 7 trillion you forgot about reagan/bush Sr. they added that other 2 trillion. for comparision clintion added only about 1 trillion but it was lessening as each month passed but the sting came with the bush tax cuts. in all honestly seeing as how bush was to add 6 trillion to the debt by now i wish that mc cain got elected casue i did vote for mc cain the bush economics was better then obama

[concretewhole]

The American Majority needs to learn and use the word moderation and we may have not been in such a situation. With excessive tendencies, we have a big debt, higher crime rate, more drug addiction, fatter people, more babies, and etc...It may be more chaotic for the government to control and elminate, but theres still perfect order if you dont seek advantage and focus to base from.

[jetmech001]

ol' katie's looking ROUGH!!

[Consumerofknowledge]

@jetmech001 How so? She is still pretty attractive, I think.

[Amphritritus]

9,000,000,000,000! how upsetting.