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From
CNS News:
Final Tab for Pelosi�s Speakership: $5.34 Trillion in New Debt�Or $3.66 Billion Per Day
In the 1,461 days that Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) served as speaker of the House, the national debt increased by a total of $5.343 trillion ($5,343,452,800,321.37) or $3.66 billion per day ($3.657,394,113.84), according to official debt numbers published by the U.S. Treasury.
Pelosi was the 52nd speaker of the House. During her tenure, she amassed more debt than the first 49 speakers combined.
The total national debt did not climb above $5.343 trillion (the amount amassed during Pelosi�s four years as speaker) until Feb. 26, 1997, when Rep. Newt Gingrich (R.-Ga.) was serving as the nation�s 50th House speaker.
When Pelosi was sworn in on Jan. 4, 2007, the national debt stood at $8,670,596,242,973.04. At the close of business on Jan. 4, 2011, her last full day in the speakership, it stood at 14,014,049,043,294.41--an increase of $5,343,452,800,321.37.
Both parties are doing it and we need to put a stop to it. We cannot continue to borrow from tomorrow for pork today. It simply does not pencil out. I am hacked off at what Chavez is doing for the citizens of Venezuela and our own politicians are doing the same kind of crap.
Posted by DaveH at January 6, 2011 9:13 PM