think about this. at the end of fiscal year 19, the end of september and 2019, our national debt was 22.7 trillion. after 20, covid comes on. the end of september, it s 27.8 trillion. up 5.1 trillion in one year alone. by fy-22, it s up to 28.4. up an additional $700 billion. as of today, 29.2. it s up almost a trillion dollars. martha: this is real. you know, i want to say one more thing before yes go. $100 billion that is being investigated for being misused. 900 investigations to people and businesses that got money and took the money. they want to know what happened to it. so i think that, you know, for most folks, these are real questions that they want answered. it would be nice in the government followed up on where
before the coronavirus was $22.7 trillion. the total debt. the debt held by individuals and the debt that the government owes other parts of the government. by february of 2001 after joe biden comes into office it s $27.8 trillion. we passed all of these $3 trillion bill in march and several, $100 billion in two different bills, passed another trillion dollar bill in december. biden comes in and has 27.8. since then at the beginning of this month it s 28.9. so in just over a year less than two years we have added 6.2 trillion to the national debt. a 27% increase. now we re talking about as of friday we now know that the cost of the build back better bill could be as much as $3.3 trillion if you take out all the gimmicks. that s what joe manchin is concerned about. joe biden doesn t seem to understand that. dana: so does this sound