Flunkin' Duncan.........Economics

In the last 26 years, during Duncan Hunters reign as Congressman in Ca. 52nd district, the U.S. has plunged from the richest nation on earth to it's largest debtor. In 1980 the debt as percentage of the GDP was 33.3%, in 2004 it was 62.9%.

Year	National debt ($)	GDP ($)	Debt as percentage of GDP
1980	930,210,000,000	2,789,500,000,000	33.3%
1981	1,028,729,000,000	3,128,400,000,000	32.9%
1982	1,197,073,000,000	3,255,000,000,000	36.8%
1983	1,410,702,000,000	3,536,700,000,000	39.9%
1984	1,662,966,000,000	3,933,200,000,000	42.3%
1985	1,945,941,616,460	4,220,300,000,000	46.1%
1986	2,125,302,616,658	4,462,800,000,000	47.6%
1987	2,350,276,890,953	4,739,500,000,000	49.6%
1988	2,602,337,712,041	5,103,800,000,000	51.0%
1989	2,857,430,960,187	5,484,400,000,000	52.1%
1990	3,233,313,451,777	5,803,100,000,000	55.7%
1991	3,665,303,351,697	5,995,900,000,000	61.1%
1992	4,064,620,655,522	6,337,700,000,000	64.1%
1993	4,411,488,883,139	6,657,400,000,000	66.3%
1994	4,692,749,910,013	7,072,200,000,000	66.4%
1995	4,973,982,900,709	7,397,700,000,000	67.2%
1996	5,224,810,939,136	7,816,900,000,000	66.8%
1997	5,413,146,011,397	8,304,300,000,000	65.2%
1998	5,526,193,008,898	8,747,000,000,000	63.2%
1999	5,656,270,901,615	9,268,400,000,000	61.0%
2000	5,674,178,209,887	9,817,000,000,000	57.8%
2001	5,807,463,412,200	10,128,000,000,000	57.3%
2002	6,228,235,965,597	10,487,000,000,000	59.4%
2003	6,783,231,062,744	11,004,000,000,000	61.6%
2004	7,379,052,696,330	11,735,000,000,000	62.9%

From the May 18 edition of CNN's Crossfire:

Media Matters.

Nuff said. On Flunkin' Duncans report card for economics he gets...........F

Here are more links to sites dedicated to "Dumpin' Duncan"
Duncan Hunter 2 Decades too long
52ndwatch.org