Posted on 03/02/2013 1:22:01 PM PST by grundle
Since President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, more than $6 trillion dollars has been added to the national debt.
"Without fanfare, the Bureau of Public Debt at the Treasury Department quietly posted its daily debt report showing the total public debt of the U.S. government topped $16.687 trillion. (To be exact: $16,687,289,180,215.37)," reports Mark Knoller of CBS.
"On January 20, 2009, the day Mr. Obama took office, the debt stood at $10.626 trillion. The latest posting reflects an increase of over $6 trillion."
And debt is expected to increase by nearly another trillion this year. "Nevertheless, the Office of Management and Budget projects the national debt will continue to increase by over $800 billion this year and by amounts in the range of $500 billion to $800 billion in the out years - all of which will add to the national debt."
It's an historic achievement for Obama, CBS notes.
"It's the largest increase to date under any U.S. president. During the eight-year presidency of George W. Bush, the debt soared by $4.9 trillion."
Umm I know they are bad at showing it.
The republicans control the house.
what is this budget you speak of and when was the last time we had one?
And this doesn’t even include the trillion or so in Tarp funds he likes to blame on Bush - but for which he voted.....
The problem is that they are likely to keep up the Keystone Kops act and give the whole shebang back to the Dims.
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