John Tanner said "it has been 1,168 days since President Bush and the Republican Party embarked on their economic plan for our country. During that time the national debt has increased by $1,636,400,551,909.99. According to the Web site for the Bureau of the Public Debt at the U.S. Department of Treasury, yesterday the Nation's outstanding privately held debt was $4,228,487,022,143.12. Foreign holdings, debt held by foreign governments and others, not Americans, now total $1.5 trillion. This is an increase of $740 billion since January 2001 and is now 41 percent of all privately held debt." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 21, 2004

it has been 1,168 days since President Bush and the Republican Party embarked on their economic plan for our country. During that time the national debt has increased by $1,636,400,551,909.99. According to the Web site for the Bureau of the Public Debt at the U.S. Department of Treasury, yesterday the Nation's outstanding privately held debt was $4,228,487,022,143.12. Foreign holdings, debt held by foreign governments and others, not Americans, now total $1.5 trillion. This is an increase of $740 billion since January 2001 and is now 41 percent of all privately held debt.

Said by

John Tanner

Tennessee

Source

govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

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

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