How did our National Debt increase by 4.5 trillion dollars in 6 years?

Oh my, how you cons are desperate. You distort facts big time. Your boy GW HID his debt by not reporting his stupid wars in his budget numbers.

He's the one who drove a surplus into a massive deficit. And by the way, it congress who makes the budget, NOT the president. And the republicans, with their veto power, who have created the budget.

They voted against paygo and any plan that would reduce the joblessness and stimulate the economy. When will the republicans take responsbility for their actions. And how about a source for your made up numbers.

You people love to make up stuff and never ever have a reliable source.

You need some fact checking. The debt when Obama took office was $10.7 trillion ... $1 trillion more than you stated. In addition, BUSH signed the budget for FY 2009 which ran from 10/08 to 10/09.

So the amount that OBAMA has contributed started at $11.8 Trillion. A full 20% higher than you state. Second.

S&P stated that the downgrade was due to gridlock ... REPUBLICAN gridlock. Get your Republican Congressman in line, and tell him you are concerned about the DEBT ... not Grover Norquist.

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