"our national debt is as low as it has been since world war ii."
"our national debt is as low as it has been since world war ii."
goldie taylor
jun 26, 2018 ... the 1946 high was prompted by a spending push to fund world war ii, and other  spikes in the debt have been driven by economic downturns.
mar 2, 2018 ... federal debt poised to reach levels not seen since world war ii, new ...  concludes the report, a copy of which was obtained by usa today. ... “revenue  is lower, spending is higher, deficits are larger and the national debt is ...
unlike previous wars, the korean war (1950–53) was ... the public debt reached  a post-world war ii low of 24.6% in 1974.
aug 17, 2017 ... read a primer on the u.s. national debt, the debt limit and interest payments on  ... gdp, which had not been seen since the end of world war ii. ... in the mid- 1990s; the share has fallen partly because lower rates have held ...
nov 13, 2012 ... the surge in debt associated with world war i was financed largely by ... really  tried to pay down much of the debt it incurred during world war ii. ... moreover,  government revenues shrank to their lowest level since 1950 -- as ...