[Absolutely Nobama]

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

[gunsequalfreedom]

Google

[caver]

It always amazes me why someone would post simple questions on FR that could easily be done the same via Google, Bing or any other search engines?

[Doogle]

http://www.heritage.org/

[Florida native]

World Almanac and Book of Facts...my first copy was in my 8th Grade Civics class - 1972 edition and still have a copy from the 80s somewhere around the house.

[smokingfrog]

http://www.cbo.gov/publication/43373

[Nifster]

that’s what the GAO is all about...or try OMB

[Revolting cat!]

Have you tried research.com?

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np

That has a search function for the nat debt on different dates.

[terycarl]

polidiotic.com...gives you national debt by year bsince Washington....the debt in 1836 was $3,780.00.

[TheWriterTX]

Congressional Budget Office

The Treasury Department

National Bureau of Economic Research

You can toss any of these at the libs. It shuts them down immediately.

[cynwoody]

Use the site: prefix in a Google search.

E.g., federal budget site:gpo.gov or U6 site:bls.gov or deficit site:cbo.gov or recession site:nber.org or fomc site:federalreserve.gov.

[AZLiberty]

I suggest Wolfram Alpha. For example, type in the query national debt USA by year or us tax revenue by year.

[Graewoulf]

Thanks for asking! Bookmarked!

[oincobx]

The Monthly Treasury Statement. There are links at the site to excel files with monthly data back to 1981.

Www.fms.treas.gov/mts/index.html