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National Debt |
Deficit 5 of 8 years |
1968 -$25 B – largest since WWII |
$74 B – end of Nixon and Carter 1971-wage freeze; off gold standard |
5 5 $186B $156B |
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1952-1956, 1956-1960 Dwight D. Eisenhower |
1960-1963 John F. Kennedy 1963-1964, 1964-1968 L.B. Johnson |
1968-1972, 1972-08/1974 R.M. Nixon; 08/1974-1976 Gerald Ford; 1976-1980 Jimmy Carter |
1980-1984, 1984-1988 Ronald Reagan 1988-1992 George H. Bush |
1992-1996, 1996-2000 William Clinton |
2000-2004, 2004-2008 George W. Bush |
2008-2012, 2012-2016 – Barack Obama |
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If born in 1945 |
a Baby Boomer is 5 years of age in 1950 |
15 years of age in 1960 |
25 years of age in 1970 |
a Baby Boomer is 35 years of age in 1980 |
45 years of age in 1990 |
55 years of age in 2000 |
65 years of age in 2010 |
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$222B |
$297B |
$255B |
$203B |
$25B |
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President |
1952-1956, 1956-1960 Dwight D. Eisenhower |
1960-1963 John F. Kennedy 1963-1964, 1964-1968 L.B. Johnson |
1968-1972, 1972-08/1974 R.M. Nixon; 08/1974-1976 Gerald
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If born in 1945 |
a Baby Boomer is 5 years of age in 1950 |
15 years of age in 1960 |
25 years of age in 1970 |
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