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Title: U.S. Debt Held by Public Tops $10T for 1st Time—Up 59 Percent Under Obama
Source: CNS News
URL Source: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/us- ... ld-public-tops-10t-1st-time-mo
Published: Sep 2, 2011
Author: Terrence
Post Date: 2011-09-02 23:07:33 by Sebastian
Keywords: None
Views: 3444
Comments: 20

President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner

At the close of business on Aug. 31--for the first time in the history of the country--the publicly held debt of the federal government topped $10 trillion, according to data released by the U.S. Treasury Department at 4:00 p.m. yesterday.

During Obama's presidency, debt held by the public has now increased by $3.71694 trillion--or almost 59 percent from the $6.3073 trillion in debt held by the public that the government owed to its creditors on Jan. 20, 2009, when Obama was inaugurated.

Also, according to the most recent reports available from the Treasury and the Federal Reserve, approximately $6.1 trillion of that debt—or about 61 percent of it—is owned by foreign interests (led by the Chinese and the Japanese) and by the Federal Reserve.

At the close of business on Aug. 30, as reported by the Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Public Debt, the federal government’s debt held by the public equaled $9,990,126,772,846.86. By the close of business on Aug. 31, it was $10,024,253,354,407.07.

The Treasury divides the debt of the U.S. government into two general categories: “debt held by the public” and “intragovermental” debt.

The “intragovernmental” debt is money the Treasury has borrowed out of government trust funds—including the Social Security trust fund—to use on federal expenses other than those the trust funds were set up to cover. This “intragovernmental” debt is money the government owes itself.

The ‘debt held by the public,” according to the Treasury, includes “all federal debt held by individuals, corporations, state or local governments, foreign governments, and other entities outside the United States Government.” Among the types of Treasury securities included in the “debt held by the public” are Treasury bills (which mature in one year or less), Treasury notes (which mature in two to 10 years), Treasury bonds (which mature in 30 years), U.S. Savings Bonds, and Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities.

At the close of business on Aug. 31, the total outstanding debt of the U.S. government—including both the debt held by the public and the intragovernmental debt--equaled $14,684,292,994,743.93.

Of that $14,684,292,994,743.93 in U.S government debt, $10,024,253,354,407.07 was debt held by the public and $4,660,039,640,336.86 was intragovernmental debt.

From Obama’s inauguration as president on Jan. 20, 2009 through Aug. 31, 2011, the total debt of the U.S. government increased $4.05742 trillion. But most of that increase—roughly 92 percent—has been from the increase in debt held by the public as opposed to an increase in intragovernmental debt.

When Obama was inaugurated, the overall federal debt was $10.6269 trillion, with about $6.3073 trillion of that in debt held by the public and $4.3196 trillion in intragovernmental debt.

By Aug. 31, 2011, the debt held by the public had increased by about $3.71694 trillion during Obama’s presidency while intragovernmental debt had increased only by $340.47 billion.

The Treasury’s most recent report of foreign holdings of U.S. debt (released on Aug. 15) shows the value of U.S. Treasury securities held by foreign interests as of the end of June. At that time, according to the report, foreign interests held $4.4992 trillion in U.S. debt. (The two leading foreign holders of U.S. debt were entities in mainland China, which owned 1.1655 trillion in U.S. debt as of the end of June, and entities in Japan, which owned $911 billion in U.S. debt as of the end of June.)

The Federal Reserve, according to the August edition of the “Federal Reserve System Monthly Report on Credit and Liquidity Programs and the Balance Sheet,” owned $1.638 trillion in publicly-traded U.S. debt as of July 27.

The combined $4.4992 trillion in foreign holdings of U.S. debt and $1.638 trillion held by the Federal Reserve equaled $6.1372 trillion in U.S. debt held by foreign interests and the Federal Reserve.

That combined $6.1372 trillion in U.S. debt held by foreign interests and the Federal Reserve—as per the latest public reports—would equal approximately 61.2 percent of the $10.02425 trillion in U.S. government debt held by the public as of Aug. 31. (1 image)

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#1. To: Sebastian (#0)

Why does Owe-bama hate America so much?

Yes, thats a serious question based upon the only conclusion you can draw from the known facts.

Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao

Badeye  posted on  2011-09-03   8:11:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Badeye (#1)

Why does Owe-bama hate America so much?

A direct result of his upbringing, I would guess.

Or maybe he simply loves so many other things so much more that it only appears as though he hates America and Americans.

Sebastian  posted on  2011-09-03   11:14:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Sebastian (#2)

Why does Owe-bama hate America so much? A direct result of his upbringing, I would guess.

Root cause is always found in the home.

Always.

Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao

Badeye  posted on  2011-09-03   11:46:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Badeye (#1)

Why does Owe-bama hate America so much?

Yes, thats a serious question based upon the only conclusion you can draw from the known facts.

The other conclusion that one could draw is that he's stupid.

1.) He's an academic with no real world experience

2.) He's an ideologue who doesn't let the facts get in they way of his myopic world view

We have people on this board just like Obama -- loonymom, whinyold, war, gooberson...


There two types of leftists -- idiots and tyrants. The idiots believe that big government has the answers. The tyrants exploit those beliefs to maintain power and control. -- jwpegler

jwpegler  posted on  2011-09-03   12:38:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: jwpegler (#4)

1.) He's an academic with no real world experience

2.) He's an ideologue who doesn't let the facts get in they way of his myopic world view

We have people on this board just like Obama -- loonymom, whinyold, war, gooberson...

Damn...good point JW (laughing)

Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao

Badeye  posted on  2011-09-04   14:03:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Badeye (#1)

Why does Owe-bama hate America so much?

He must be a lot like those Israel firsters here.

mininggold  posted on  2011-09-04   15:12:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Badeye (#5)

Damn...good point JW (laughing)

He's a pussyboy like you and afraid to say it directly to me.

mininggold  posted on  2011-09-04   15:18:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Badeye (#5)

Damn...good point JW (laughing)

Jwpegler's a pussyboy like you and afraid to say it directly to me.

mininggold  posted on  2011-09-04   15:19:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: jwpegler (#4)

He's an academic with no real world experience

What was the Republican's plan to get out of the ditch in early 2009? To offset the financial, housing crisis, and recession begun in Bush's administration?

NewsJunky  posted on  2011-09-04   17:21:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: NewsJunky (#9)

What was the Republican's plan to get out of the ditch in early 2009? To offset the financial, housing crisis, and recession begun in Bush's administration?

Three points:

A.) The seeds were sewn for the housing crisis during the Clinton administration.

B.) The Democrats controlled the White House, House, and Senate in 2009. Obama refused to listen to any GOP ideas at all.

C.) There were many Republicans who had and still have plans. The latest one is from Jon Huntsman, which is getting rave reviews, including from me.

Obama's only plan is to borrow more money from the Chinese and hand it over to government bureaucrats, in the hope that they might buy something made in America, rather than things made in China.

Obama is a total loser. This is why he blames everything from the Japanese earthquake to ATM machines for the condition of the economy, rather than taking responsibility and changing his horrendous policies that have made a bad situation worse.


The hippies wanted peace and love. We wanted Ferraris, blondes and switchblades. -- Alice Cooper

jwpegler  posted on  2011-09-04   17:41:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: jwpegler (#10)

any Republicans who had and still have plans. The latest one is from Jon Huntsman, which is getting rave reviews, including from me.

There were no plans from the Republicans to immediately create jobs and get the economy kick started in early 2009.

NewsJunky  posted on  2011-09-04   18:36:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: jwpegler (#4) (Edited)

he other conclusion that one could draw is that he's stupid.

1.) He's an academic with no real world experience

2.) He's an ideologue who doesn't let the facts get in they way of his myopic world view

You could also draw the conclusion that he wants to be like Reagan, who tripled the debt while President.

Tagline for sale - inquire within

go65  posted on  2011-09-05   0:24:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: NewsJunky, jwpegler (#11)

There were no plans from the Republicans to immediately create jobs and get the economy kick started in early 2009.

there still isn't. Their focus is on cutting spending.

Since 2008 we've lost nearly 600k public sector jobs, and since the GOP took the House over in January we've had one round of spending cuts after another, with the promise of more to come. Maybe JW can tell us why this isn't spurring rapid economic growth?

Tagline for sale - inquire within

go65  posted on  2011-09-05   0:26:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: jwpegler (#10)

A.) The seeds were sewn for the housing crisis during the Clinton administration.

For all but the first two years of the Clinton administration there was GOP control of both houses.

mininggold  posted on  2011-09-05   1:51:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: Sebastian (#0)

Ain't Obamanomics grand?

Happy Quanzaa  posted on  2011-09-05   4:26:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: Happy Quanzaa (#15)

The pain being felt in the economy is simply a symptom of a central bank built on darkness and keeping the public completely ignorant to its doings. This was the purpose of the Fed from day one. Reading about the founding of the Fed is like reading about a Skull and Bones initiation:

mcgowanjm  posted on  2011-09-05   10:14:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#17. To: All (#16)

The pain being felt in the economy is simply a symptom of a central bank built on darkness and keeping the public completely ignorant to its doings. This was the purpose of the Fed from day one. Reading about the founding of the Fed is like reading about a Skull and Bones initiation:

Sounds alot like the Nuclear industry, eh?

mcgowanjm  posted on  2011-09-05   10:15:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#18. To: mininggold (#7)

Damn...good point JW (laughing) He's a pussyboy like you and afraid to say it directly to me.

(eyes rolling)

You are an ideologue, and a idiot, who's bravery is only found on the internet, no different than the dwarf, ming.

Better? As for 'pussyboy' yo momma sure loved it.

Now run along lmao

Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao

Badeye  posted on  2011-09-05   12:01:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#19. To: Badeye (#18)

(eyes rolling)

You are an ideologue, and a idiot, who's bravery is only found on the internet, no different than the dwarf, ming.

Better? As for 'pussyboy' yo momma sure loved it.

Now run along lmao

Yeah right, pussyboy. You ought to know.

PS I'm glad you got that other eye fixed.

mininggold  posted on  2011-09-05   13:23:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: mininggold (#19)

I do know, mingster. Thats why I find you laughable.

Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao

Badeye  posted on  2011-09-06   12:09:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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