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It
took from 1776, when the United States became an independent country,
until 1990, the year after the Berlin Wall fell signaling victory in
the Cold War, for the federal government to accumulate a total of $3
trillion in debt, according to the Treasury Department.
It only took
from Jan. 20, 2009, the day President Barack Obama was inaugurated,
until Oct. 15, 2010, for the Obama administration to add $3 trillion to
the federal debt.
The overall debt of the federal government, according to the Treasury
Department, is now $13.666 trillion.
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Carry on. Smokem if you can ...
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