Short enough to forget a couple wars, 9/11, hurricanes, a recession, and so forth it would seem. https://www.thebalance.com/national-debt-by-year-compared-to-gdp-and-major-events-3306287 https://www.visualcapitalist.com/timeline-150-years-of-u-s-national-debt/
Curiously (or depressingly) enough, the debt has more than tripled again since 2006.
New boss is the same as old boss.
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