National Debt

cumulative net total of historical government Budget Deficit-s (and surpluses)

• applies to US (aka Federal Debt) and other countries

graphs of history: shows Ronald Reagan the main problem

• simple line http://www.cedarcomm.com/~stevelm1/usdebt.htm
• compared to GDP http://zfacts.com/p/318.html
• https://www.thebalance.com/national-debt-by-year-compared-to-gdp-and-major-events-3306287
• jumped again CreditCrisis2008 bailouts, plus cost of WarOnTerrorism theatre.