Comment by TheSpiceIsLife
11 hours ago
> Republican presidents have added about $1.4 trillion per four-year term, compared to $1.2 trillion added by Democrats since 1913.
That doesn’t sound right, so I spend twenty three seconds looking it up:
New Report Reveals Democrats Generated 90% of Federal Debt Held by the Public since WWII - https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/republicans/2011...
As of April 5, 2024, the national debt has grown by about $6.17 trillion, or 21.7%, since Joe Biden was inaugurated in 2021, according to the U.S. Treasury Department. - https://www.consumeraffairs.com/finance/us-debt-by-president...
Joe Biden - $6.66 trillion - https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/banking/national-de...
Your last source contradicts your first (partisan) source, and also mentions:
> The national debt grew by more than $8.1 trillion during Donald Trump’s presidency, the largest four-year increase in the nation’s history.
I was addressing the claim that Democrats had added merely $1.2 trillion since 1913.
I apologise if that wasn’t clear enough.
You misunderstood. That number is per 4 year term, and is an average. I probably could have phrased it more carefully to make that clear.