This is a lot of money, I wonder where it's at Options

[darksecret]

Toward the end of Clinton's first year in office: 09/30/1993 $4,411,488,883,139.38

8 years later: 09/29/2000 $5,674,178,209,886.86

Toward the end of Bush's first year in office: 09/28/2001 $5,807,463,412,200.06

Current: 08/19/2005 $7,926,125,407,102.74

From the Bureau of the Public Debt.

This post has been edited by darksecret: Aug 23, 2005 - 11:05 AM

[mr_dude]

even if kerry was in office and we went to war, we still would be paying up the butt in military costs.
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Agreed, Bush's wars aren't exactly something we can easily pull out of.

Large part definitely goes to the war effort (millions/day). And let's not forget all the overpaid, underqualified ruffians at the airports with badges that harken in style to Germany in the 1930s. We've wasted a lot on 'homeland security.'

A cause and side effect, plus really good read:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4172504.stm