An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
“Irresponsible” and “Unpatriotic”
For those that need a visual (that’s a pictures for you libtard indoctrinated), here is one:
Oh, he ‘inherited a mess’ alright. One of his making actually. Ok, so he just helped. As a member of the Senate, he and his Veep, totally under the control of the Democrats (veto proof), plus the totally Democrat controlled House, under the questionable ‘leadership’ of Nancy Pelosi, had a high ol’ time on our dime! Now, if you will think back as to why the Dems gained the majority in 2007, it was because the Republicans were spending way too much, and the voters had had enough.
Little did they know…. 
So, tell me MR Obama…just who is the more irresponsible and unpatriotic? Not to mention extremely immature and narcissistic! Is it the guy who, with the aid of Congress, who added 4 trillion dollars to the debt in EIGHT years? Or, would it be the one who added 6 trillion in less than FOUR years? Hmmm…
Ever notice that Dems conveniently forget that we were attacked, and war is expensive? (Psst…ya know all those weapons of mass destruction that we thought were in Iraq? Wonder where Syria got theirs from that so many are worried about them using?) And since Obama has gutted the military, leaving us pretty much defenseless, can’t blame the debt on that, can we. 
$16,000,000,000,000
The Foundry
Yesterday, the U.S. national debt passed $16 trillion. On President Barack Obama’s watch, the debt has increased by 50 percent, as campaign promise after campaign promise has drowned in a sea of federal spending.
When he was running for President, Obama condemned George W. Bush for adding $4 trillion to the national debt over eight years, calling it “irresponsible” and “unpatriotic.” Now—in less than four years—Obama’s Administration has already added almost $6 trillion to the debt. That means he is on track to triple Bush’s debt increase over eight years.
It is important to understand the magnitude of this debt increase and what it means for the country. Several terms are often used to describe the debt, but they are not interchangeable. Here is a quick guide to the U.S. debt.
National debt or “gross debt,” which just passed $16 trillion: This includes what we think of as federal debt plus intergovernmental debt—money the U.S. government has loaned itself from one part of the budget to another. An example of intergovernmental debt is transfers from the general fund to Social Security.
- The “debt ceiling” applies to this measure of the debt. At this rate, it will hit the ceiling again—meaning Congress will have to act and will likely raise the limit again—perhaps as early as November of this year.
- At $16 trillion, this number has passed total U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), the measure of all that is produced in the economy.
- Since Obama took office, the national debt has increased from about $10.6 trillion to more than $16 trillion—a 50 percent increase.
- Debt per taxpayer: $111,414 and counting
Publicly held debt or “debt held by the public,” which stands at about $11.3 trillion: The debt held by the public is publicly traded debt, so it can be bought and sold in the credit markets. It does not include the intergovernmental loans mentioned above.
- Since Obama took office, publicly held debt has increased from about $6.3 trillion to about $11.3 trillion—a nearly 80 percent increase.
- This total—and the 80 percent increase—is actually more significant, because President Obama has added more to the publicly held debt than any previous President.
The federal budget deficit, which is on track to top $1 trillion for the fourth straight year: The deficit shows how much government spending has exceeded revenue in a given year, or the money the government is taking in from taxes. In contrast, the publicly held debt is the total of all past deficits and surpluses. The U.S. government spends more than it takes in. To cover the deficit and continue spending, government bonds and notes—essentially IOUs—must be issued.
- President Obama vowed to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term.
- Instead, Obama has averaged deficits nearly three times that of his predecessor.
These numbers are staggering. In just a few years, the U.S. will be spending more on just the interest on the national debt than on our entire national defense budget. As Heritage’s Romina Boccia explains:
Countries like Greece and Italy demonstrate the economic pains that result from procrastinating on solving a nation’s major spending and debt challenges. Only Congress can decide whether to make the prudent and intentional decisions to ward off a fiscal crisis, or whether to stand idle until forced to act by unnecessarily painful events that could have been avoided.
As it is, children born in the United States today—who won’t pay taxes for years yet—are saddled with a more than $50,000 share of the national debt. If Congress and the President refuse to rein in spending, these children may grow up in the new Greece.
