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  • 111th Congress Added More Debt Than First 100 Congresses Combined: $10,429 Per Person in U.S.

    12/27/2010 12:14:28 PM PST · by Sub-Driver · 29 replies · 5+ views
    111th Congress Added More Debt Than First 100 Congresses Combined: $10,429 Per Person in U.S. Monday, December 27, 2010 By Terence P. Jeffrey (CNSNews.com) - The federal government has accumulated more new debt--$3.22 trillion ($3,220,103,625,307.29)—during the tenure of the 111th Congress than it did during the first 100 Congresses combined, according to official debt figures published by the U.S. Treasury. That equals $10,429.64 in new debt for each and every one of the 308,745,538 people counted in the United States by the 2010 Census. The total national debt of $13,858,529,371,601.09 (or $13.859 trillion), as recorded by the U.S. Treasury at...
  • Obama's 100 Days: The Scariest Chart I've Ever Seen

    05/01/2009 7:38:59 AM PDT · by Reagan Man · 16 replies · 1,604+ views
    Human Events ^ | May. 1, 2009 | Mark Skousen
    Much has been made of the comparison of Barrick Hussein Obama and Franklin Delano Roosevelt and need for quick action in the first 100 days. Winning a popular election and enjoying heavy majorities in both houses of Congress, FDR declared a national bank holiday, took us off the gold standard and confiscated Americans gold coins, raised taxes on the rich, and began a series of anti-business measures. Obama has acted quickly too: He pushed through a partisan $800 billion plus “stimulus” package, devalued the dollar (de facto), and introduced legislation to raise taxes sharply on wealthy entrepreneurs and investors....