Washington: Debt and Spending, Just the Facts

The waste in Washington has swelled beyond belief and it has done so thanks to both parties the last ten years. Take a look at the facts (CBO). Below are the levels of national debt and the billions added to the deficit each year. The totals get to a Trillion the final year of the Bush presidency and balloon even worse since then.

Year Debt    Billions added
2000 5.674
2001 5.807 133
2002 6.228 421
2003 6.783 555
2004 7.379 596
2005 7.933 554
2006 8.507 574
2007 9.008 501
2008 10.025 1017 4.351 Trillion Bush Total (8 years)
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2009 11910 1885
2010 13562 1652 3.537 Trillion Obama Total (2 years)

Year Spending
2001 1862
2002 2010
2003 2160
2004 2293
2005 2472
2006 2655
2007 2728
2008 2982 17.3 Trillion Bush Total (8 years)
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2009 3517
2010 3456
2011 3818 10.791 Trillion Obama Total (2 years)

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