Comment by cycomanic
9 days ago
You care about debt, so why did you vote for the guy who increased the debt more than his successor
https://www.investopedia.com/us-debt-by-president-dollar-and...
Also it seems like you're confused by what a budget plan is for, it is what they want to do, not about the past.
Debt is the wrong metric. You really should be using deficit.
Bush ran up a massive deficit from from '00 to '08, which Obama then inherited. The debt increasing under Obama is Bush's fault. The deficit LOWERED under Obama.
>>so why did you vote for the guy who increased the debt more than his successor
But less than his predecessor.
And I didn't vote, I'm not a US citizen or resident.
You are aware that Obamas presidency lasted twice as long? So DJT added almost as much debt in absolute terms (6.7T vs 7.7T) and just over half as much in relative terms (33% vs 64%) in half the time. That's why I compared to Biden. They are much easier to compare.