demonstrably false.
why you gotta lie all the time?
obama inherited a $1.4 trillion dollar deficit and has since cut it in half.
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1998[/TD]
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$69.2 Billion Surplus[/TD]
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$99.28 Billion Surplus[/TD]
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1999[/TD]
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$125.6 Billion Surplus[/TD]
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$176.16 Billion Surplus[/TD]
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2000[/TD]
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$236.4 Billion Surplus[/TD]
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$320.76 Billion Surplus[/TD]
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2001[/TD]
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$127.3 Billion Surplus[/TD]
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$168.16 Billion Surplus[/TD]
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2002[/TD]
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$157.8 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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$205.2 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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2003[/TD]
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$377.6 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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$479.8 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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2004[/TD]
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$413 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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$511.14 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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2005[/TD]
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$318 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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$380.84 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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2006[/TD]
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$248 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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$287.7 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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2007[/TD]
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$161 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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$181.51 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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2008[/TD]
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$459 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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$498.37 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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2009[/TD]
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$1413 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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$1539.22 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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2010[/TD]
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$1294 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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$1386.92 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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2011[/TD]
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$1299 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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$1350.31 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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2012[/TD]
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$1100 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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$1120.16 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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2013[/TD]
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$759 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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$759 Billion Deficit[/TD]
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most of the recent deficit reduction we are seeing is thanks to the increase in taxes on the very wealthy via the expiration of the bush era tax cuts, which republicans opposed tooth and nail.
so to blame obama for bush's (record) deficit and to credit the republican's with obama's deficit reduction is a pure lie.
i despise liars.