B98.5 » debt http://b985.fm Central Maine's Country Fri, 24 May 2013 11:15:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Believe it or Not, the U.S. National Debt Was Once $0.00 http://b985.fm/national-debt-was-once-0/ http://b985.fm/national-debt-was-once-0/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:35:04 +0000 Randy McCoy http://b985.fm/?p=48022 It may seem hard to believe but 178 years ago the national debt of the United States of America was $0 and on January 8th, 1835 the announcement was made. This was the last time our countries national debt was $0. It lasted one year. Andrew Jackson was the President at the time and the debt was $58.4 million when he took office.

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