With some historical comparisons to the Clinton years, because sometimes numbers speak louder than words (just like their cousins, the pictures):
National Debt on September 28, 2001
(after last Clinton Budget):
$5,807,463,412,200.06
or $5.8 trillion
National Debt on April 5, 2005
(under Bush):
$7,782,816,546,352.29
or $7.782 trillion
Amount debt increased
under Bush budgets (42 mos.):
$1,975,353,134,152.23
or $1.975 trillion
Amount debt increased under Last 5 Clinton Budgets
(1997-2001):
$394,317,400,802.72
Or $394.317 billion
Bush Debt Increase Per Month:
$46,753,920,334.96
or $46.754 billion per month
Clinton Debt Increase Per Month (FY 1997-2001):
$8,214,945,850.06
or $8.215 billion per month
Percentage increase in National Debt
since Bush asumed office:
134%
Percentage change per month
in growth of National Debt
since Bush took office:
569%
More after the fold . . .
Gold Price January, 1993
(beginning Clinton)
$329 per oz.
Gold Price December, 2000
(ending Clinton)
$271 per oz.
Gold Price March, 2005
(current Bush)
$427 per oz.
As of January 3, 2001:
0.9465 or approx. $.95 = 1.00 Euro
As of April 8, 2005:
1.2912 or approx. $1.29 = 1.00 Euro
