claim: "recently we have seen our government debt grow by $3.4 trillion during the first 29 months of the obama administration -- the equivalent of about $4 billion per day."
author: leonard lance
evidence_1: jul 18, 2011 ... recently we have seen our government debt grow by $3.4 trillion during the first  29 months of the obama administration -- the equivalent of about $4 billion per  day. foreign investors, including china, hold half of our nation's ...
evidence_2: "recently we have seen our government debt grow by $3.4 trillion during the first  29 months of the obama administration -- the equivalent of about $4 billion per ...
evidence_3: jan 5, 2009 ... as shown in a series of tables, some things have changed a great deal ... of the  administration of george w. bush, many changes have occurred in ... moreover,  until recently, the u.s. economy continued to grow over ... the gross national  debt climbed to more than $10 trillion by the .... 29, 2000 and dec.
evidence_4: aug 1, 2012 ... that $4 billion in debt a day figure sounds pretty ... ... to see how fast the public  debt is growing, we looked at the total on two dates. on jan.
evidence_5: the united states federal budget comprises the spending and revenues of the  u.s. federal government. the budget is the financial representation of the  priorities of the government, reflecting historical debates and competing  economic philosophies. the government primarily spends on healthcare,  retirement, and defense .... during fy2018, the federal government spent $4.11  trillion, up $127 billion ...