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Forgot...HarperLee » 30 minutes ago » wrote: ↑ 5. Barack Obama (2009 to 2017)When looking at which president added the most to the national debt in dollar amounts, President Barack Obama takes the lead.17 Obama’s efforts to spur recovery from the Great Recession through his $832 billion stimulus package and $858 billion in tax cuts contributed to the rise of national debt during his presidency.1221
You can’t read graphs..
When President Bush took office in 2001, he inherited a $236 billion budget surplus, with a projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion. When he ended his term, he left a $1.3 trillion deficit and a projected 10-year shortfall of $8 trillion.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jan/15/david-axelrod/axelrod-claims-bush-saddled-obama-big-deficit/