For all intents and purposes, there have been two US Presidents thus far in the
21st century - George Bush (the younger) and Barack Obama. If we take Mr Bush’s
two terms to cover fiscal 2001 to fiscal 2008, the total rise in official
Treasury funded debt over that period was $US 4.350 TRILLION.
If we take Mr
Obama’s first term to cover fiscal 2009 to fiscal 2012, the rise over four years
was $US 6.050 TRILLION.
Add the two together and you get a grand total
of $US 10.4 TRILLION. That’s almost two thirds (65 percent) of the total funded
debt of $US 16.066 TRILLION as of September 28, 2012.
If that thieving isn't enough, get a handle on this security fiasco.....
From AP: "Federal authorities are warning merchants to be on the lookout for
stolen $100 bills that aren't supposed to go into circulation until next year.
The bills were stolen from an airplane that landed in Philadelphia from
Dallas Thursday morning. The plane had been transporting money from the
Federal Reserve facility in Dallas."
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