It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
From the time Bush took office in January 2001 to his departure on Jan. 20, 2009, the debt increased $4.9 trillion -- from $5.73 trillion to $10.63 trillion. The debt now stands at $15.57 trillion, up $4.94 trillion since Obama took office less than four years ago.
reply to post by madhatr137
Mucking up the Tax Codes that, from 1945 to 1980, allowed every president, even Carter, to leave office with les federal debt
Originally posted by jaxnmarko
It's called..... the Bills Have Arrived.
Economic problems aren't always created or solved overnight, so administrations following one that caused many problems are left holding the bag. Certainly Obama has spent money in very poor ways at times, but still, he inherited a great many problems that were going to be charged to his term, politically.