TRENDS BY PRESIDENTIAL TERM 1979-2016
National Debt As of June in their final year
In billions Per Capita Debt
$59,880 OBAMA 2016
BUSH JR. $31,239 2008
CLINTON $20,171 2000
BUSH SR. $15,553 1992
The share of debt owned by foreign creditors more than doubled over the last 20 years.
The two main foreign creditors as of June 2016 were China (19.8%) and Japan (18.3%).
Wages Calculated annually & adjusted for inflation
The highest real wage gains occurred under Clinton, with an 8.2% increase between 1996 and 2000
'79-81 '81-'89 '89-'93 '93-'01 '01-'09 '09-'15
Educational Attainment High School Graduation Rates New administration
'79-81 '81-'89 '89-'93 '93-'01 '01-'09 '09-'13 High school graduation rates have reached their highest in US history (81.9%) under Obama.
Educational Attainment of Population Age 25 & Over
Bachelor's degree or higher
The percentage of the population with a bachelor's degree or higher reached an all time high under Obama at 32.5% in 2015. High school, or some college
The percentage of people with less than high school Less than high school degree has fallen from 32.2% in 1979 under Carter, to 11.6% in 2015 under Obama. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
Fun Facts
0 THEODORE "TEDDY" ROOSEVELT . 2 was the first president to ride a car JAN on August 22, 1902.
BARACK OBAMA RONALD REAGAN was the first president to was the first President to appoint a woman publicly endorse same- to the Supreme Court - Sandra Day sex marriage. O'Connor. BILL CLINTON was the first president to use e- DONALD TRUMP mail. He was not an enthusiastic FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT is the first president with email user, recalling in a 2011 no political nor military was the first president to travel by speech that he “sent a grand total experience. of two emails as president.” airplane on official business in Trump's cabinet will be 1943. the first cabinet with no Latino member since Reagan.
SOURCES: Miami Fun Facts
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT RICHARD NIXON The only US private railroad car escaped an assasination attempt owned a house on Key Biscayne resides in Miami, Florida. It served on February 15, 1933 after where he spent most of his time Truman, FDR & Eisenhower before delivering a speech at Miami's during the Watergate Scandal. it was retired. Bayfront Park.
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