Colin:
End 1999 Debt: 5.656T
End 2003 debt: 7.001T (your number)
End 1999 GDP: 9.268T
End 2003 GDP: 11.252T
Increase in debt: 1.345T
increase in GDP: 1.984T
Ratio of debt increase to GDP increase (1999-2003):
67.7%
Go the other way:
1994 debt: 4.692T
1999 debt: 5.656T
199 GDP: 7.115T
End 1999 GDP: 9.268T
Increase in debt: .964T
Increase in GDP: 2.153T
Ratio of debt increase to GDP increase (1994 to 1999): 44.7%
The numbers speak clearly for themselves. that is where the "look over the last 10 years" tells a whole story.
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