Bush already spent 610B$ in the first quarter of FY2009. Aside, note, 1,017B$ in FY2008. If Obama only spends another 600B$ for the remaining three quarters, I say, good for Obama. That would make a fiscal year of about 1,200B$ or expressed in trillions, 1.2T$.
America's fiscal year ends: Sep 30 each year.
Borrowed in FY1994: 281,261,026,873.94
Borrowed in FY1995: 281,232,990,696.07
Borrowed in FY1996: 250,828,038,426.34
Borrowed in FY1997: 188,335,072,261.61
Borrowed in FY1998: 113,046,997,500.28
Borrowed in FY1999: 130,077,892,735.81
Borrowed in FY2000: _17,907,308,253.43 Bill alone
Borrowed in FY2001: 133,285,202,313.20 Bill and George
Borrowed in FY2002: 420,772,553,397.10 All George
Borrowed in FY2003: 554,995,097,146.46
Borrowed in FY2004: 595,821,633,586.70
Borrowed in FY2005: 553,656,965,393.18
Borrowed in FY2006: 574,264,237,491.73
Borrowed in FY2007: 500,679,473,047.25
Borrowed in FY2008: 1,017,071,524,650.01
Borrowed in FY2009:
610,787,163,994.70 so far this fiscal year with just over one quarter of a year spent.INDIRECT SOURCE WITH FURTHER SOURCING:
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