[postlink]http://www.economicvindicator.com/2010/02/national-debt-road-trip.html[/postlink]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g4kNfaK6bQendofvid [starttext]This clip talks about the rate at which US Presidents increase the national debt in terms of miles per hour when driving a car. It's actually quite entertaining and visually compelling.
So how do the Obama deficits compare with past presidents? And how did the national debt get so big anyway. This video tries to answer those questions by looking at the debt as a road trip and seeing how fast different administrations have been traveling.
Resources:
Historical debt data: http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt.htm
Inflation data: http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
Future debt data (2010 - 2016): http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/fy2010_new_era/Summary_Tables2.pdf
For more info about Political Math visit the video creators site at: http://politicalmath.wordpress.com/ [endtext]
So how do the Obama deficits compare with past presidents? And how did the national debt get so big anyway. This video tries to answer those questions by looking at the debt as a road trip and seeing how fast different administrations have been traveling.
Resources:
Historical debt data: http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt.htm
Inflation data: http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
Future debt data (2010 - 2016): http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/fy2010_new_era/Summary_Tables2.pdf
For more info about Political Math visit the video creators site at: http://politicalmath.wordpress.com/ [endtext]