National Debt Clock runs out of numbers

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Remember the days when this clock was actually turned off? Just before this inept sucker that has run this country into the ditch took office, the debt clock was turned off since the debt was starting to decline at that point. Not anymore. Now, just 8 years later, it has run out of numbers. You get that? It's out of numbers. Time for the GOP and the Bushies to take a fcuking back seat so we can fix the fcuking mess they created. Incompetent bunch!

National Debt Clock runs out of numbers

Figure has ballooned to about $10.2 trillion; new clock will go up in 2009

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I'm looking on Treasury Direct.

Earliest data available is on 03/01/1993.

Total Public Debt Outstanding = $4,205,086,748,556.94. Bill Clinton had been president for just over a year at the time.

Fast forward to 01/22/2001. George W. Bush has been President for about 2 days.

Total Public Debt Outstanding = $5,728,195,796,181.57. That's a 36% increase.

Fast forward a bit more, to 10/09/2008, a few months from the end of George W. Bush's second term in office.

Total Public Debt Outstanding = $10,266,382,646,543.62. That's a 79% increase from when 1/22/2001.

[peejay 327]

Well...we've had a Democratic controlled congress for the last 2 years and the debt and deficit spending hasn't slowed at all. In fact, it has spun even faster out of control. What's up with that? Enquiring minds want to know.

Edited October 13, 2008 by peejay

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Well...we've had a Democratic controlled congress for the last 2 years and the debt and deficit spending hasn't slowed at all. In fact, it has spun even faster out of control. What's up with that? Enquiring minds want to know.

It has spun even faster out of control?

Do you lie for a living or are you just stupid?

Again, from Treasury Direct, I took outstanding debt data from the 1/22/2001 to 10/9/2008 and graphed it in Excel. I've removed the data labels for clarity, however the data represents all available data points within the Bush Presidency.

This is what it looks like. Can you tell if there's a particular point in time when the gradient increases (i.e. rate of increase in debt increases)?

I can, and it isn't anywhere near when the Congressional Democrats took office (January 2007).

Edited October 13, 2008 by A.J.

[HAL 9000 96]

On the number line, there are two digits between the numbers 6 and 8. While there are six between the numbers 0 and 6.

Well...we've had a Democratic controlled congress for the last 2 years and the debt and deficit spending hasn't slowed at all. In fact, it has spun even faster out of control. What's up with that? Enquiring minds want to know.

It has spun even faster out of control?

Do you lie for a living or are you just stupid?

Again, from Treasury Direct, I took outstanding debt data from the 1/22/2001 to 10/9/2008 and graphed it in Excel. I've removed the data labels for clarity, however the data represents all available data points within the Bush Presidency.

This is what it looks like. Can you tell if there's a particular point in time when the gradient increases (i.e. rate of increase in debt increases)?

I can, and it isn't anywhere near when the Congressional Democrats took office (January 2007).

Numerical pwnage.

[Dan J 277]

Well...we've had a Democratic controlled congress for the last 2 years and the debt and deficit spending hasn't slowed at all. In fact, it has spun even faster out of control. What's up with that? Enquiring minds want to know.

Do you honestly think Bush will let them do what they need to do to get back on track?

[HAL 9000 96]

Well...we've had a Democratic controlled congress for the last 2 years and the debt and deficit spending hasn't slowed at all. In fact, it has spun even faster out of control. What's up with that? Enquiring minds want to know.

Do you honestly think Bush will let them do what they need to do to get back on track?

He's already promising more vetoes.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Remember the days when this clock was actually turned off? Just before this inept sucker that has run this country into the ditch took office, the debt clock was turned off since the debt was starting to decline at that point. Not anymore. Now, just 8 years later, it has run out of numbers. You get that? It's out of numbers. Time for the GOP and the Bushies to take a fcuking back seat so we can fix the fcuking mess they created. Incompetent bunch!

National Debt Clock runs out of numbers

Figure has ballooned to about $10.2 trillion; new clock will go up in 2009

We have enough revenue. We need to control spending. W has been spending money like a drunken sailor..... And this is coming from a former drunken sailor.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

that clock looks like it's good up to 99 trillion. So they haven't run out of numbers yet.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

that clock looks like it's good up to 99 trillion. So they haven't run out of numbers yet.

It would behoove you to take a peek at the actual article quoted before making such comment. There, it has been explained that to accomodate of this insanely large debt - almost half of it build up by W alone - a temporary fix on the original design was needed. In other words, prior to this fix, the clock already had run out of numbers.

In the meantime, the '1' from "$10.2" has been moved left to the LCD square once occupied solely by the digital dollar sign. A non-digital, improvised dollar sign has been pasted next to the '1.'

Edited October 13, 2008 by Mr. Big Dog

[peejay 327]

Well...we've had a Democratic controlled congress for the last 2 years and the debt and deficit spending hasn't slowed at all. In fact, it has spun even faster out of control. What's up with that? Enquiring minds want to know.

It has spun even faster out of control?

Do you lie for a living or are you just stupid?

Again, from Treasury Direct, I took outstanding debt data from the 1/22/2001 to 10/9/2008 and graphed it in Excel. I've removed the data labels for clarity, however the data represents all available data points within the Bush Presidency.

This is what it looks like. Can you tell if there's a particular point in time when the gradient increases (i.e. rate of increase in debt increases)?

I can, and it isn't anywhere near when the Congressional Democrats took office (January 2007).

Do you have a bug up you azz in general or do you just have a big ####### for me in particularl? I like your graph though. Especially the big jump right at the end of it.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

... the big jump right at the end of it.

Exactly. That jump is from the events of the last few weeks.

The red dot coincides with when the Congressional Dem majority term started in January 2007.

As should be clear to all but the most unabashed of partisan liars, the rate of increase of debt was steady throughout the Bush years... until this recent crisis.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

... the big jump right at the end of it.

Exactly. That jump is from the events of the last few weeks.

The red dot coincides with when the Congressional Dem majority term started in January 2007.

As should be clear to all but the most unabashed of partisan liars, the rate of increase of debt was steady throughout the Bush years... until this recent crisis.

Stop infusing fact and making sense!

[HAL 9000 96]

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

that clock looks like it's good up to 99 trillion. So they haven't run out of numbers yet.

It would behoove you to take a peek at the actual article quoted before making such comment. There, it has been explained that to accomodate of this insanely large debt - almost half of it build up by W alone - a temporary fix on the original design was needed. In other words, prior to this fix, the clock already had run out of numbers.

In the meantime, the '1' from "$10.2" has been moved left to the LCD square once occupied solely by the digital dollar sign. A non-digital, improvised dollar sign has been pasted next to the '1.'

Yet with the apparent magical use of a '1' the sign is still good. You shouldn't have skipped those math classes.