Had to pass this along... :-)

[lensman]

Thanks to unquietsoul5 (Now with a link back tot he original Author)

Comments

[tisana.livejournal.com]

Daaamn. That much?
Wow.

[lensman.livejournal.com]

Yeah I think these numbers are the country's total, and I don't remember if or how much of a deficit Regan started off with but then Bush senior didn't over spend as much as his son has. Since W started out with spending the surplus Billy left him.

[the-gwenzilliad.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's great.

I was darkly and cynically amused to see Herr Bush's remarks wrt the Georgian/Russian conflict this morning, about how no nation should invade a sovereign country and it's just not the right thing to do in the 21st century.

Really, Mr. Bush.

[lensman.livejournal.com]

Yeah I believe that he thinks that "Irony" is a liberal vitamin supplement...

Although I suppose W's and McCain's handlers will try and spin it so that it's okay as long as the sovereign country being invaded is first declared to be a state sponsor of terrorists.

[osewalrus.livejournal.com]

When Reagan assumed office, the deficit stood at approximately $1 billion.

[osewalrus.livejournal.com]

I am always amazed how people learn their politics at an early age and then utterly refuse to reevaluate.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Beautiful. (May have to steal.)

[buzybee06.livejournal.com]

you know if that is even close to accurate it is scary as well as depressing.

I am going to crawl into a whole and be sick now.

[lensman.livejournal.com]

I'm still getting a handle on those numbers myself, but from a quick read of this wikipedia article on the US Public Debt and the second graph they look to be in the same appox range.

btw - Great to hear from you... :-) Welcome to my little corner of LJ.

[buzybee06.livejournal.com]

no,no,no. I am going to climb into this corner. :)

yep it has been a while.