log scale chart, looks pretty exponential to me: https://static.seekingalpha.com/uploads/2010/12/14/saupload_a_us_annual_gdp_national_debt_1791_2010_log.png htt

log scale chart, looks pretty exponential to me: https://static.seekingalpha.com/uploads/2010/12/14/saupload_a_us_annual_gdp_national_debt_1791_2010_log.png https://static.seekingalpha.com/uploads/2010/12/14/saupload_... (from article, but not referencing content besides the chart https://seekingalpha.com/article/241751-visualizing-the-u-s-national-debt-1791minus-2010 https://seekingalpha.com/article/241751-visualizing-the-u-s-... )