The U.S. public debt was $909 billion in 1980, an amount equal to 33% of Americas gross domestic product (GDP); by 1990, that number had more than tripled to $3.2 trillion—or 56% of GDP. In 2001 the national debt was $5.7 trillion; however, the debt-to-GDP ratio remained at 1990 levels. Debt levels rose quickly in the following decade, and on January 28, 2010, the U.S. debt ceiling was raised to $14.3 trillion. Based on the 2010 United States federal budget, total national debt will grow to nearly 100% of GDP, versus a level of approximately 80% in early 2009. The White House estimates that the governments tab for servicing the debt will exceed $700 billion a year in 2019, up from $202 billion in 2009.

Question: Was the U.S. public debt higher in 1980 or 1990?
Answer: 1990

Question: How many more billion does the White House estimate that the governments tab for servicing the debt in 2019 compared to 2009?
Answer: 498

Question: How many percentage points higher was the GDP in 1990 compared to 1980?
Answer: 23

Question: Was the US public debt greater in 1980 or 1990?
Answer: 1990

Question: How many more dollars was the debt in 2010 than it was in 2001?
Answer: 8600000000000000000

Question: How many percent increase will the debt grow as a percentage of GDP between 2009 and 2010?
Answer: 20

Question: How many years did it take to triple the US public debt from 1980?
Answer: 10

Question: How many years did it take for the national debt to increase from $909 billion in 1980 to $5.7 trillion?
Answer: 21

Question: How many more billions of dollars is the bill for servicing the debt in 2019 than it was in 2009?
Answer: 498

Question: Which year saw a higher debt for the US, 1980 or 1990?
Answer: 1990

Question: Which year saw a higher debt for the US, 1990 or 2001?
Answer: 2001

Question: How many years did it take for US debt to more than triple after the year 1980?
Answer: 10

Question: How many more billions of dollars with debt servicing cost in 2019 over 2009?
Answer: 498

Question: How many percent more of GDP will the national debt grow in 2010 than 2009?
Answer: 20

Question: How many trillions of dollars did the U.S. public debt increase from 1990 to 2001?
Answer: 2500000000000

Question: How many more billions of dollars did the White House estimate the governments tab for servicing the debt would increase from 2009?
Answer: 498000000000

Question: How many billion dollars was America's GDP in 1980?
Answer: 2754.54

Question: How many trillion dollars was America's GDP in 1990?
Answer: 5.71

Question: How many trillion dollars higher was the US GDP in 1990 than the National Debt in 2001?
Answer: .01

Question: How many trillion dollars was the GDP in 2001?
Answer: 10.18

Question: How many trillion dollars higher was the debt ceiling raised to in 2010 than the national debt was in 2001?
Answer: 8.6

Question: How many trillion dollars higher was the debt ceiling raised in 2010 than the national debt was in 1990?
Answer: 11.1

Question: How many percent higher is the national debt expected to rise based on the 2010 federal budget over the level in 2009?
Answer: 20

Question: How many more billion dollars will the cost of servicing the national debt be in 2019 over 2009?
Answer: 498

Question: How many billion dollars higher was the national debt in 1980 than the cost to service the debt in 2019 and 2009 combined?
Answer: 7

Question: How many billion dollars higher was the national debt in 1980 than it will cost to service the debt in 2019?
Answer: 209

Question: How many years could the national debt be at 1990 levels before exceeding the debt ceiling in 2010?
Answer: 4