The New York Times laid it out last week. Although President Obama has added $2.4 trillion to the national debt in two years while rescuing the nation from economic collapse, this is only about one third of the $6.1 trillion in debt taken on by George W. Bush — who started with a surplus as opposed to the Lesser Depression the Republicans handed Obama. Further evidence, if any were needed after the economic self-harm of the past week, that Republicans cannot be trusted with the national economy.
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Christopher says
We’ve all seen similar charts and have read and heard the facts and stats. How in the world do we get through to people, though?