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Re:People are worried about America's solvency by marcusverus on Monday August 17, 2026 @09:55AM (#49330958)
This is nonsensical. Debt-to-GDP over the course of an entire term is what matters. Debt was 77% of GDP when Obama took office and >102% when he left. The "change in deficit" is a useless measure.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEGDQ188S

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Re:People are worried about America's solvency by fluidcruft on Monday August 17, 2026 @09:58AM (#49331028) 

    Democrats          Change In Debt/GDP
    -----------        ------------------
    Joe Biden                 +0.1 pp
    Barack Obama             +22.2 pp
    Bill Clinton              -9.4 pp
    Jimmy Carter              -3.1 pp

    Republicans        Change In Debt/GDP
    -----------        ------------------
    Donald Trump             +18.9 pp
    George W. Bush           +27.3 pp
    George H. W. Bush        +12.6 pp
    Ronald Reagan            +19.8 pp
    Gerald Ford               +2.3 pp
    Richard Nixon             -4.7 pp
    Dwight Eisenhower        -16.1 pp
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