Can liberals explain how and why national debt increased by 6 trillion in 4 years under Obama?

The Keynesian principle is that you put money away during good times so you have a cushion, you can spend deficits to get out of a recession. Govt. Spending stimulates the economy, and that's what you need to get out of a recession.

Obama inherited a recession, so this is the time to spend reasonable deficits. Especially since (1) there are so many things we need--schools, infrastructure, maintenance of national parks, etc. and (2) we can borrow money today essentially free. In fact, the reason we're having a recession now, and we're so far in debt, is because Reagan and the Bushes spent money like water during GOOD times.

Yes, Obama has signed bills to spend more money than we have coming in. But these bills ORIGINATED in the House of Representatives. And who runs the House?

That's right, the Republicans. In fact, Reagan and both Bushes constantly blamed Democrats and 'liberals' for spending deficits. But they signed the bills!

Clinton refused to sign on to a Republican budget, because it was too big. Republicans never did. Of our $16 trillion debt, $12 trillion came under just the last three Republican presidents!

Can't blame Obama for that. Did Obama really spend more than all US presidents combined? Only if you really believe it and repeat it over and over until it becomes 'true'.

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With the end of fiscal year 2012, the Congressional Budget Office announced the 2012 federal budget deficit: $1.1 trillion. Taken purely at face value, this number is enormous. Yet every Democrat, and especially the Obama campaign, ought to be telling anyone who will listen: Not only has the president cut the deficit by $312 billion during his first term (so far), but he's cut the deficit by $200 billion in the past year alone.

And the CBO projected that the 2013 Obama budget, if enacted as is, would shrink the deficit to $977 billion -- a four year total of nearly $500 billion in deficit reduction. Okay, yeah, I get it. It's risky to mention the deficit, but not when you couch it in math and the facts.

As I've documented before, the CBO reported in January, 2009 that the federal budget deficit for that fiscal year, which began on October 1, 2008, was already $1.2 trillion. President Obama's additional '09 spending added another $200 billion to the deficit, bringing the total to $1.412 trillion. Unprecedented and huge, but given the enormity of the financial crisis and the depth of the recession, there weren't many other options on the table.

Add two wars into the mix and there you go. But since then, deficit spending has dropped precipitously. Why?

Chiefly because President Obama signed the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act in February, 2010, which mandates that new spending be offset with spending cuts or new revenue. Yes, a Democratic president and a Democratic Congress passed this legislation. Guess how many congressional Republicans voted for the law.

Zero. Not one. Perhaps during this week's debate, Vice President Biden could ask Rep.

Paul Ryan who voted against the bill. Consequently, the president is responsible for the lowest government spending growth in 60 years, according to the Wall Street Journal's Market Watch." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/... Republican crazy bites are easily shot down with the facts.

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