Another way to consider how the debt has been growing under each President since (and including) Ronald Reagan.

1. Debt Ceiling TrendLine
jrp, based on 07/27/11 Fox News Article "Raw Data: Comparison of Past Debt Ceiling Increases"
President Ronald Reagan George H.W. Bush Bill Clinton George W Bush Barak Obama
Years in Office 8 4 8 8 2
# of Increases: 17 6 4 7 3
Average # of
Increases/Year in 2.125 1.5 0.5 0.875 1.5
Office
Debt Ceiling Increase
Value during $1,865,000,000,000 $1,345,000,000,000 $1,805,000,000,000 $5,365,000,000,000 $3,144,000,000,000
Presidency
Average $$
$109,705,882,353 $224,166,666,666.67 $451,250,000,000 $766,428,571,428.57 $1,048,000,000,000
Increase/President
Dollar
unknown $114,460,784,314 $227,083,333,333 $315,178,571,429 $281,571,428,571
Increase/President
% Debt Increase unknown 96% 99% 143% 272%
Increase/ Year of
$13,713,235,294 $56,041,666,667 $56,406,250,000 $95,803,571,429 $524,000,000,000
Presidency
Dollar Increase/Year
of Presidency, over unknown $42,328,431,373 $364,583,333 $39,397,321,429 $428,196,428,571
prior Presidency
% Increase per Year
of Presidency, over unknown 409% 101% 170% 547%
prior Presidency

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