Quote:
Originally Posted by chad3
Obama reduced our deficits by 2/3.
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1. deficits ie the budget is controlled by...congress..not the potus
2. the deficit never decreased by 2/3rds
10/01/2009................................ 11,920,519,164,319.42
09/30/2010................................ 13,561,623,030,891.79
difference of 1,641,103,866,572............................1.6 trillion
deficit fy10
10/01/2010.................................13,610,847,58 5,810.09
09/30/2011.................................14,790,340,32 8,557.15
1,179,492,742,747...........................1.17tr illion
deficit fy11
09/30/2011................................ 14,790,340,328,557.15
09/28/2012................................ 16,066,241,407,385.89
1,275,901,078,828..........................1.27 trillion
deficit fy12
10/01/2012.................................16,159,487,01 3,300.35
09/30/2013.................................16,738,183,52 6,697.32
578,696,513,397..............................578 billion
deficit fy13......the only one of two full years under one trillion
10/01/2013................................. 16,747,478,675,335.18
09/30/2014................................. 17,824,071,380,733.82
1,076,592,705,398..............................1.0 7 trillion
deficit fy14
10/01/2014................................. 17,824,071,380,733.82
09/30/2015................................. 18,150,617,666,484.33
326,546,285,750.51..............................32 6 billion
deficit fy15...the second less than trillion
10/01/2015................................. 18,150,617,666,484.33
09/30/2016.................................19,573,444,71 3,936.79
1,422,827,047,452.46.............................. 1.42 trillion
deficit fy16
source: US Treasury
https://treasurydirect.gov/NP/debt/current
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