$20 trillion man: National debt nearly doubles during Obama presidency
By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times - Sunday, November 1, 2015
When President Obama signs into law the new two-year budget deal Monday, his action will bring into sharper focus a part of his legacy that he doesn’t like to talk about: He is the $20 trillion man.
Mr. Obama’s spending agreement with Congress will suspend the nation’s debt limit and allow the Treasury to borrow another $1.5 trillion or so by the end of his presidency in 2017. Added to the current total national debt of more than $18.15 trillion, the red ink will likely be crowding the $20 trillion mark right around the time Mr. Obama leaves the White House.
When Mr. Obama took over in January 2009, the total national debt stood at $10.6 trillion. That means the debt will have very nearly doubled during his eight years in office, and there is much more debt ahead with the abandonment of “sequestration” spending caps enacted in 2011.
Obama presidency to end with $20 trillion national debt
You mean to say the REPUBLICAN CONGRESS eliminated the debt ceiling and is spending us to the $20 trillion debt mark.
They are the ones writing the checks.
Obama can't lift the debt ceiling. Sorry!
This true, The president can't balance a budget, just As he has no control over the purse strings. As he owes no control over the purse strings, nonetheless. The buck Does stop there, the fiscal gap is a progressive problem no doubt... Now it's the country's problem.
Paying debt with more debt makes no sense in any arena...
I'm frankly just sick and tired of hacks pointing the finger at each the other party for the blame.
I mean, how many Congresses and Presidents do you have to live through before you figure out BOTH parties are big spenders?
Seriously. How ******* retarded do you have to be to start a topic blaming Obama for the Republican Congress eliminating the debt ceiling and increasing spending long enough to get through the next election? It's blazingly obvious why the GOP has done this. And to put it on Obama? That's some seriously deranged delusional thinking right there.
Fiscally, here are the differences between the two parties:
Republicans: Borrow and spend.
Democrats: Tax and spend.