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.
During the George W. Bush presidency, debt held by the public as a percentage of GDP rose to 62 percent by 2008, as the gross public debt (marketable and intra-government securities) increased from $5.7 trillion to $10.7 trillion.