Wow: The One Chart That Should Accompany All Debt Ceiling Discussions

[Playinghardball]

Source: MoveOn.org



http://front.moveon.org/wow-the-one-chart-that-should-accompany-debt-ceiling-discussions/

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. Absolutely!!!!! This chart should accompany every discussion right now nt

[liberal N proud]

2. 5.07 trillion under bu$h and only 1.44 trillion under Obama

Yet the rhetoric says that Obama has spent more than any President.

[hootinholler]

6. And half of Obama's is trying to prime the pump of the economy that Bush pumped dry. n/t

[Bok_Tukalo]

3. After December 31st 2010 they were no longer the Bush Tax Cuts

They are the Obama Tax Cuts now.

[JackRiddler]

4. Good point.

[truedelphi]

7. Ssh. People here won't accept the logic of what you're saying.

I mean, wait at least until he's got his second term before you expect him to change direction away from Bush Tax Cuts.

it's only a few trillion dollars, anyway. And it is going to the "job providers!"

[badtoworse]

10. It's also fair to point out that Obama has spent a pile of money in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Places he said we would exit if he were elected. Not only are we still there, but now we're involved in Libya too.

[democrat_patriot]

5. OMG - "Obama's spending orgy" is a false statement?

I've been hearing it for so long it was starting to sink in.

Has Hannity seen this?

[A Simple Game]

8. I thought that the medicare drug thing ended up being over $400 billion? n/t

[badtoworse]

9. When Obama took office, the national debt was about $10.6 Trillion

It's now about $14.2 Trillion, meaning that we have borrowed $3.6 Trillion during the time that Obama has been president. Assuming we borrowed the $1.44 Trillion to fund Obama's new programs, why did we need an additional $2.15 Trillion and where did it go?

[Dawson Leery]

12. Bush was responsible for the 2009 budget as it was written

the year before, therefore the debt during Bush's tenure went from $5.4 trillion to $11.9 Trillion.

[senseandsensibility]

11. Ed just showed this on his show I think.

K and R.