Who has gotten us in deeper debt?
The conservative forces are blaming Obama for a huge increase in the national debt. But is he really so bad? Let’s compare:
Ÿ Truman, minus 21.7 percent
Ÿ Einsenhower, plus 16.2 percent
Ÿ Kennedy, minus 8.3 percent
Ÿ Johnson, minus 8.3 percent
Ÿ Nixon, minus 3.0 percent
Ÿ Ford, plus 0.2 percent
Ÿ Carter, minus 3.3 percent
Ÿ Reagan, plus 20.6 percent
Ÿ Bush Sr., plus 13.0 percent
Ÿ Clinton, minus 9.7 percent
Ÿ Bush the lesser, plus 28.1 percent
Ÿ Obama, plus 9.0 percent
Historically, it seems that the people who do the screaming on this subject were the people who were responsible for the biggest debts.
Raleigh Sutton
Elgin
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