I think I want a waiver on this one too.Let him pay off the debt himself.
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- By
- Mark Knoller
- Topics
- Campaign 2012
(Credit:
CBS)
President Obama's three years and two months in office than it did
during 8 years of the George W. Bush presidency.
The
Debt rose $4.899 trillion during the two terms of the Bush presidency.
It has now gone up $4.939 trillion since President Obama took office.
The
latest posting from the Bureau of Public Debt at the Treasury
Department shows the National Debt now stands at $15.566 trillion. It
was $10.626 trillion on President Bush's last day in office, which
coincided with President Obama's first day.
The National Debt also now exceeds 100% of the nation's Gross Domestic Product, the total value of goods and services.
Mr.
Obama has been quick to blame his predecessor for the soaring Debt,
saying Mr. Bush paid for two wars and a Medicare prescription drug
program with borrowed funds.
The federal budget sent to
Congress last month by Mr. Obama, projects the National Debt will
continue to rise as far as the eye can see. The budget shows the Debt
hitting $16.3 trillion in 2012, $17.5 trillion in 2013 and $25.9
trillion in 2022.
Federal budget records show the
National Debt once topped 121% of GDP at the end of World War II. The
Debt that year, 1946, was, by today's standards, a mere $270 billion
dollars.
Mr. Obama doesn't mention the National Debt
much, though he does want to be seen trying to reduce the annual budget
deficit, though it's topped a trillion dollars for four years now.
As
part of his "Win the Future" program, Mr. Obama called for "taking
responsibility for our deficits, by cutting wasteful, excessive spending
wherever we find it."
His latest budget projects a $1.3
trillion deficit this year declining to $901 billion in 2012, and then
annual deficits in the range of $500 billion to $700 billion in the 10
years to come.
If Mr. Obama wins re-election, and his
budget projections prove accurate, the National Debt will top $20
trillion in 2016, the final year of his second term. That would mean the
Debt increased by 87 percent, or $9.34 trillion, during his two terms.
And Obama certainly has been terrible for America. However, I promise you that if Romney, Santorum, or Gingrich beat him in November (won't happen, but I digress...) that the debt will continue to increase exponentially with them at the helm.
Democrats will blame them, Republicans will blame Congress. And the game will continue until we're all in financial ruin.
Stop pointing fingers and wake the hell up! Ron Paul has been warning about this for decades. Let the one guy who is serious about stopping the bleeding do the job you all know needs to be done.
For all the talk of socialists about sustainability, it is remarkable that they love a system of meddling government that is not ----- sustainable! We are taking on the high unemployment rates and slow growth of the failed socialists states already. This much talked about weak recovery is as false a recovery as was the one in 2010. I suspect it may even be more false. The mild winter here is making things look better than it really is and this is compounded by the overly generous seasonal corrections being made to the economic data.
Only one is independent from the establishment statist and will have the balls to take on the malfeasance rampant in federal government... And make the mandatory draconian cuts, to shrink our bloated bankrupting government, while we still can.
Ron Paul 2012
Not for nothing, but do you enjoy spreading your defeatist attitude?