Here are the actual figures, based on presidents' fiscal budgets...
PLUS you said they are based on "budgets"... My chart is based on actual expenditures direct from US treasury... where are your guesses from?
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Debt to the Penny (Daily History Search Application)
GW Bush's first budget year went into effect on 1 Oct 2001, prior to that it was Clinton's budget.
On that day the debt was $5,806,151,389,190.21
GW Bush' final budget year ended on 30 Sept 2009. On that day the debt was $11,909,829,003,511.75. That is an increase of 105%. Those are the actual numbers with the correct math.
Reagan's numbers are $997,855,000,000.00 to start and $2,857,430,960,187.32 to end. That is an increase of 186%. Those are the actual numbers with the correct math.