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Oct 25, 2020 "Our choice is Joe
Biden* Oct 25, 2020 This year's general election ballot presents the voter with a dilemma. We have wrestled with this year's choices, as we imagine many voters have. Up and down...
Since Trump took over, the national debt has exploded by more than 7 TRILLION dollars. While the last several trillion was in response to the COVID-19 economic crisis,
at least the first three trillion was on the books well before the pandemic, while Trump was presiding over “...the best economy we’ve ever had in the history of our country.”
(Trump’s words.)
The layman would expect that the best economy in history would be a time to get the fiscal house in order, pay down debt and prepare for a rainy day (or perhaps a worldwide pandemic)..."
Trump authorized borrowing in first full fiscal year, October 1, 2017 - Sept. 30, 2018, = $1,271 billion and no infrastructure improvement spending
Biden authorized borrowing in first full fiscal year, October 1, 2021 - Sept. 30, 2022, = $1,207 billion.
From October 1, 2017 - December. 31, 2017, there was not yet reduced revenue resulting from 2017 Trump tax cuts or covid-19 inflationary impact
the first fiscal year on Trump's watch began October 1, 2017, avg. monthly borrowing jumped from $57 billion to $106 billion each month and
never below $100 billion per month, since.
The U.S. national debt was over $31 trillion in 2022. In 1930, it was just $16 billion. The biggest impacts have been defense spending, recessions, and recently, the pandemic.
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End of Fiscal Year | Debt (in billions, rounded) | Debt-to-GDP Ratio | Major Events by Presidential Term |
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2016 | $19,573 | 105% | Brexit |
2017 | $20,245 | 104% | Congress raised the debt ceiling (Gov. borrowing average $57 billion each month) |
2018 | $21,516 | 105% | Trump tax cuts (October 1, 2017 - Sept. 30, 2018, borrowing average $106 billion each month) |
2019 | $22,719 | 107% | Trade wars |
2020 | $27,748 | 129% | COVID-19 and 2020 recession (October 1, 2019 - Sept. 30, 2020, Trump authorized borrowing $5,029 billion, ) |
2021 | $29,617 | 124% | COVID-19 and American Rescue Plan Act |
2022 | $30,824 | 123% | Inflation Reduction Act and student loan forgiveness (October 1, 2021 - Sept. 30, 2022 (Biden auth. borrowing $1,207 billion) |