The portion of the federal government’s debt that is held by the public—as opposed to the portion that is borrowed out of government trust funds such as the Social Security and Medicare trust funds—has more than doubled during President Barack Obama’s time in office, according to official data published by the U.S. Treasury.
Since Obama’s inauguration, the Treasury has increased the federal government’s debt held by the public by $6,739,201,661,284.21—or about $57,431.65 for each household in the United States.
When Obama took office on January 20, 2009, the total debt of the federal government was $10,626,877,048,913.08. But the Treasury divides this total debt into two main components: debt held by the public and intragovernmental debt.
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