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The National Debt Road Trip

by Doug Mataconis @ 8:52 am on August 6, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics

A little thought experiment that shows just how bad the debt problem has become over the past three decades:

H/T: Jason Pye

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2 Responses to “The National Debt Road Trip”

  1. James Young says:
    August 6, 2009 at 1:21 pm

    And how much worse it’s gotten over the last three months (well, OK< six; I was going for some symmetry).

  2. Doug Mataconis says:
    August 6, 2009 at 1:24 pm

    A good portion of which can be attributed to spending put in place during the final months of the previous administration (ie TARP, Fannie/Freddie, AIG, auto bailouts)

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