Reply #7: well it is the biggest straight increase

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but not the biggest as a percentage. A mere 71.9% for Bush. What a piker. Under Reagan it went from $998 billion to $2.6 trillion and that doesn't even count Reagan's first 8 months in office nor his last 4 months. That's a 161% increase under 8 years of Reagan. Four years later it was $4.06 trillion, a 56% increase in just 4 years. 8 years later it was $5.67 trillion, a mere 40% increase over 8 years.

So the annual rate of debt increase was
20% under Reagan
14% under Bush Sr.
9% under Bush Jr.
5% under Clinton

Not to mention that our current deficit problems have three major sources

1. The Bush tax cuts
2. The Bush wars
3. The Bush recession