U.S. Federal Debt

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    Economic Timespan

  • Obama Care(Leadership)

    Obama Care(Leadership)
    Obama Care or the Affordable Care Act was put in place, to give more Americans access to affordable, quality health insurance and to reduce the growth in the U.S. health care spending. Giving the government more money to put towards the national debt.
  • Trade

    Since the stock market crash in 2008, we see an increase in trade between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico(NAFTA) which has really helped the economy. Canade and Mexico buy more made in America goods and services than any other country/countries in the world. Canada and Mexico help support more than three million jobs here in the U.S.
  • Funding Budget

    The federal debt is 71% of the United States economy.
    http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/10/federal-spending-by-the-numbers-2012
    The United States federal budget this year is 3.8 trillion dollars.
    https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-b
    The government uses economics to reduce the federal debt.
    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/11/successful-ways-government-r