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Obama's exact words .. uncut unaltered...
"Today I am pledging to cut the deficit we inherited [deficit 2008 $ 459 billion] in half by the end of my first term in office." [That would be $230 billion]
The Reality end of his term 2012: $1.1 TRILLION.
PolitiFact | Romney says Obama promised to cut deficit in half
Recent US Federal Deficit Numbers
FY 2013*: $901 billion
FY 2012: $1,089 billion
FY 2011: $1,300 billion
FY 2010: $1,293 billion
FY 2009: $1,413 billion
FY 2008: $459 billion
FY 2007: $161 billion
US Federal Deficit by Year 2008_2017 - Charts Analysis
Obama promise:
"If you like your health-care plan, you keep your health-care plan. Nobody is going to force you to leave your health-care plan. If you like your doctor, you keep seeing your doctor. I don't want government bureaucrats meddling in your health care."
"The result ObamaCare which today McKinsey & Company commissioned a survey of 1,329 U.S. private sector employers to measure their attitudes about healthcare reform concluded that 30% of all companies would stop providing health coverage once Obamacare kicked in in 2014.
Not Found | McKinsey & Company
So these are TWO of major cross my heart hope to die pledges made by Obama!!!
"Today I am pledging to cut the deficit we inherited [deficit 2008 $ 459 billion] in half by the end of my first term in office." [That would be $230 billion]
The Reality end of his term 2012: $1.1 TRILLION.
PolitiFact | Romney says Obama promised to cut deficit in half
Recent US Federal Deficit Numbers
FY 2013*: $901 billion
FY 2012: $1,089 billion
FY 2011: $1,300 billion
FY 2010: $1,293 billion
FY 2009: $1,413 billion
FY 2008: $459 billion
FY 2007: $161 billion
US Federal Deficit by Year 2008_2017 - Charts Analysis
Obama promise:
"If you like your health-care plan, you keep your health-care plan. Nobody is going to force you to leave your health-care plan. If you like your doctor, you keep seeing your doctor. I don't want government bureaucrats meddling in your health care."
"The result ObamaCare which today McKinsey & Company commissioned a survey of 1,329 U.S. private sector employers to measure their attitudes about healthcare reform concluded that 30% of all companies would stop providing health coverage once Obamacare kicked in in 2014.
Not Found | McKinsey & Company
So these are TWO of major cross my heart hope to die pledges made by Obama!!!