Your post is typical progressive propaganda that uses statistical "sleight of hand" to try to hide the vast amounts of debt that we have piled up since Barack Obama took office. Yes, the "percentage increase" in spending over what George W. Bush spent in the last year of his second term is rather modest compared to some other Presidents but you have to remember that huge amounts of money were spent by W. during the last year he was in office on stimulus because the economy was in such dire straits.
Saying that Obama isn't a "spender" because he's spent only a bit more than someone who piled up some serious debt his last year in office trying to keep our financial system from imploding doesn't mean Barry's been "frugal" in any way. Obama is spending more than W. spent during that crucial period of time at the height of the recession when banks were teetering on the brink of collapse but he's spending it EVERY SINGLE YEAR of his Presidency...trillion dollar plus deficits lined up as far as the eye can see with no relief in sight.
So spare me the nonsense that Barack Obama is not a tax and spend liberal...or more aptly in his case...a borrow and spend liberal...because he most definitely IS!
What you are doing is parroting the right wing propaganda of "ooo ooo! Obama has the highest debt number than anyone! He's the worst! Neener-neener!
While technically true, guess what? W racked up more debt than clinton, Bush racked up more debt than reagan, reagan racked up more debt than carter, and so on and so one.
THIS NATION'S DEBT HAS GONE NOWHERE BUT UP SINCE THE MID 1800's!
That's right, there hasn't been a single president that has done anything to make large progress at paying down the debt besides clinton.
My (and forbes) statement is 100% correct. Obama has been very frugal with expanding the debt.
If Obama was a republican and spent like bush, out debt would be 6-7X higher right now.