[John123]

All the information you want is found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt

[avacado]

Thanks. But I already know each year's deficit by heart. I was just questioning whether that other posted knew.

The largest budget deficit under Bush and the Republicans was in 2004 at $412 billion. That's nothing compared to Obama and the Democrats for fiscal 2009 at about $2 trillion.