Results: Some FACTS About Modern US Presidents and the United States Federal Debt

Amount Added to the U.S. Government Debt for Each of the Modern U.S. Presidents: ---------- Barack Obama (D): Added $6.167 trillion, a 53% increase to the $11.657 trillion debt level attributable to President Bush at the end of his last budget, FY 2009. ---------- George W. Bush (R): Added $5.849  trillion, a 101% increase to the $5.8 trillion debt level at the end of Clinton's last budget, FY 2001. ---------- Bill Clinton (D): Added $1.396 trillion, a 32% increase to the $4.4 trillion debt level at the end of Bush's last budget, FY 1993. ---------- George H.W. Bush (R): Added $1.554 trillion, a 54% increase to the $2.8 trillion debt level at the end of Reagan's last budget, FY 1989. ---------- Ronald Reagan (R): Added $1.86 trillion, 186% increase to the $998 billion debt level at the end of Carter's last budget, FY 1981. ---------- Jimmy Carter: Added $299 billion, a 43% increase to the $699 billion debt level at the end of  Ford's last budget, FY 1977. (source: http://useconomy.about.com/od/usdebtanddeficit/p/US-Debt-by-President.htm)