I'm not talking about our deficit hawk President blowing up the deficit, but this:
This Administration and Congress has actually increased the annual deficit EVERY YEAR.We should all have more confidence in our politicians.
| President Bush | President Obama | ||||
| Year | Deficit | Year | Deficit | ||
| 2001/02/01 - 2001/09/30 | $ -53,129 | 2009/02/01 - 2009/09/30 | $ 1,019,780 | ||
| 2002/09/30 | $ 158,520 | 2010/09/30 | $ 1,294,204 | ||
| 2003/09/30 | $ 374,219 | 2011/09/30 | $ 1,298,614 | ||
| 2004/09/30 | $ 412,553 | 2012/09/30 | |||
| 2005/09/30 | $ 318,615 | 2013/09/30 | |||
| 2006/09/30 | $ 247,698 | 2014/09/30 | |||
| 2007/09/30 | $ 162,833 | 2015/09/30 | |||
| 2008/09/30 | $ 454,806 | 2016/09/30 | |||
| 2008/10/01 - 2009/02/01 | $ 395,943 | 2016/10/01 - 2017/02/01 | |||
| Totals: | $ 2,472,058 | Totals: | $ 3,612,598 | ||
