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57Brave
10-30-2013, 09:00 AM
Debt increase by Pres:
Reagan 186%
Bush 54%
Clinton 41%
Bush II 72%
Obama 23%

Source CBO @donkeyarguing @SoCalMilitia pic.twitter.com/7qzCsqpRjw
thethe
10-30-2013, 09:03 AM
Percentage increase only tells part of the story.
57Brave
10-30-2013, 09:09 AM
oh.

how would you measure?
thethe
10-30-2013, 09:13 AM
Well you have to look at it together with aggregate dollar increase term over term.

In a hpyothetical situation you can have the following:

Scenario A
Debt levels:
Prior Term: 5M
Next Term: 10M
Percentage Increase: 100%

Scenario B:
Debt Levls
Prior Term: 1,000M
Next Term: 1,500M
Percentage Increase: 50%

Which was actually worse for the country and the future?
sturg33
10-30-2013, 12:11 PM
oh.

how would you measure?

You can't be serious?

Obviously, as more dollars are in the pot, the % goes down. I thought that was standard math. Why don't you show us the equation in dollars?

Keep in mind, Obama is using the crazy spending that Bush used, and has added significantly to it.
jpx7
10-30-2013, 12:23 PM
Reagan was indeed the worst (in more ways than debt-expansion).