Nov 4, 2009 Posted by David

America’s Debt

With all the talk about government spending, bailouts, mortgage markets and debt, I wanted to see the numbers for myself to try to make sense out of it all. Government Spending and National Debt Just a couple years ago, the national debt was $5 trillion. Now it’s close to $12 trillion. Is that a lot? Well, in recent years there have been plenty of people, including some conservatives, who say... read more