What does it mean when the power steering makes a noise? When power steering makes a high-pitched noise, either the power steering fluid is low or the power steering pump is bad. It is usually difficult to turn the wheel of a car when there is a power steering problem.
Even so, Bush ran up the biggest increase in the national debt of any American president. The Debt was 5.727-trillion dollars on his first day in the White House. And on the day he left, it was 10.626-trillion dollars.
Shortly after the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), public debt grew to more than $75 million and continued to swell considerably over the next four decades to nearly $120 million. However, President Andrew Jackson shrank that debt to zero in 1835. It was the only time in U.S. history when the country was free of debt.