Since 2009 the United States has greatly increased its reliance on borrowing to fund government spending. In 2000, the United States federal government saved 13 cents for every dollar it spent while this year White House budget projections show 43 cents of event dollar spent will be borrowed.

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This chart is directly based on Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President revenue and outlay data which you can find yourself on Google Public Data here.