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Nearing 100% of GDP. The only time it was higher, not shown on the chart I am linking to, was during World War II.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Federal_Debt_as_Percent...




Thanks for linking that, I find that very useful. I'll try to find a chart showing change in GDP during those years, I'm going to guess the debt was growing the whole time and GDP was the thing fluctuating.


Not 100% comparable, this is in 2005 dollars while the other was 20??

http://www.data360.org/dsg.aspx?Data_Set_Group_Id=230




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