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On the recordSeptember 25, 2003
it has been 868 days since President Bush and the Republican Party embarked upon their economic plan for our country. During this time, the national debt has increased by $1,163,468,782,425.75. According to the Web site for the Bureau of Public Debt at the U.S. Department of Treasury, yesterday as of 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the Nation's outstanding debt was $6,803,794,168,784.52. The interest we will have to pay on this debt, the debt tax, for fiscal year 2003 through the end of August, amounts to $304,978,878,641.11.
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Earl Pomeroy
North Dakota
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the increase in national debt under President Bush's economic plan.

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