Of course it started with the Democrat Congress in 2007
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office would average 23.6% of GDP. Thats higher than any single previous non-war year.Until Barack Obama took office in 2009, the United States had never spent more than 23.5% of GDP, with the exception of the World War II years of 1942-1946. Heres the Obama spending record:
25.2% of GDP in 2009
24.1% of GDP in 2010
24.1% of GDP in 2011
24.3% (estimates by the White House ) in 2012
Whats more, if Obama wins another term, spendingaccording to his own budgetwould never drop below 22.3% of GDP. If that forecast is right, spending during Obamas eight years in
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