>>>>Taking a long nap around the 2nd week of September in 2001 is about the only excuse for a statement like that.
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>>>>We're talking about a multi-trillion dollar debt apparently representing generational theft, not the risk of terrorism.
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>>>What I do not understand what are those 10 trillions people are blaming Obama of, didn't Bush indebted the US in more than 10 trillion dollars? http://www.nationmaster.com/time.php?stat=eco_deb_ext&country=us
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>>Those numbers are either not accurate or the news reports and public reports over the years were not.
>>Enter a beginning date (1/1/2000) and an ending date (6/5/2009):
>>http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/NPGateway
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>It keeps showing me the current debt, I'll try later for home. To make the long history short, what was the growth (or shrink) of the debt during GW Bush terms?

Bush averaged ~250B in annual deficits (i.e. national debt increase). You may multiple it by 8 (it is fascinating exercise). Currently, the deficit for the 1st year of Obama's presidency is estimated at $1,800B. The same administration projects that during next 10 years it will be successfully (i.e either saved or created) reduced to about $500B/year, i.e. about 2 times higher than average Bush result.