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.
Funding father: President George Washington issued the U.S. government's first bond in 1790. The federal debt ceiling is $14.294 trillion, set to be reached by Aug. 2 if Congress and the president don't reach a deal to extend it. As of the most recent accounting, however, the United States has $14.343 trillion in debt â $48.9 billion more than the debt limit. That's because Congress, over the years, has exempted certain kinds of debt from the ceiling. One such category: old debt.