The Bush Inheritance

 

In the midterm elections of George W. Bush's second term, held on Nov. 7, 2006, Americans voted for Democrat majorities in both the House and Senate, led by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid respectively.

On that day, the Total Outstanding Public Debt was $8.6 Trillion.

Today the Debt is nearly $16.4 Trillion ... and 38 pct of likely voters think the country is heading in the "right direction."

 

Comments

[Elan]

I liked the BtB charts of the Rasmussen poll better. It would be interesting (in the Chinese sense of the word) to see a chart of the U.S. debt held by China as a percentage of U.S. GDP.