Mar 24, 2009 ... Overall, President Obama's budget would add twice as much debt as President  Bush over the same number of years. ...... Actually, up until 1937, Gov't spending  on the FDR work programs resulted in double digit growth to GDP; after cutting  spending (forced by a Republican Congress, and FDR relenting), ...
A chart from 2011 compared changes in the U.S. national debt over the last  several presidencies. ... Took office January 1981. Total debt: $848 billion. Left  office January 1989. Total debt: $2,698 billion. Percent change in total debt: +218 %. George H.W. Bush: Took office January 1989. Total debt: $2,698 billion. Left  office ...
To allow comparisons over the years, public debt is often expressed as a ratio to  gross domestic product (GDP). Historically, the United States public debt as a  share of GDP has increased during wars and recessions, and subsequently  declined. The United States public debt as a percentage of GDP reached its  highest ...
Jul 11, 2016 ... Unemployment Rate — Meanwhile the unemployment rate has ticked down  since our last report to 4.9 percent in June. It had ... The recovering economy,  coupled with modest increases in prices, has boosted the buying power of  weekly paychecks since Obama took office, especially in the last two years.
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush Sr. (born February 11, 1953) is an American businessman  and politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007.  Bush, who grew up in Houston, is the second son of former President George  H. W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush, and a younger brother of former  ...
George Bush, and a Republican Congress, have presided over a 55 percent increase in the size of domestic government spending in the last seven years.