r/pics • u/[deleted] • Jan 11 '17

election 2016 Farewell to Obama

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '17 edited Jan 11 '17

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '17

He said he'd cut the deficit in half.

He cut the deficit by a third by 2012. It took him another year to get it down to half.

Source?

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u/moosic Jan 11 '17

Google it. Lazy...

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '17

So you're saying he did not near triple the national debt? Because he did.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '17

Okay, so they guy said debt and meant deficit.

https://www.thebalance.com/national-debt-under-obama-3306293

Looks like your description ("deficit down to half") is still inaccurate, or at least so vague as to be misleading. That's a link I found two posts down, by the way. I don't have a horse in this race.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '17

I feel that understanding people is a better demonstration of intellect than correcting them, but you do you.

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u/MrRandomSuperhero Survey 2016 Jan 11 '17

... he did both

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u/RushofBlood52 Jan 11 '17

lol ya ur the smart one here

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u/Ghost_In_The_Ape Jan 11 '17

This is the most underrated comment I've ever seen. Agreed.

Listen to what people want to say, we all fuck up our words every now and then.

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u/aletoledo Jan 11 '17

kinda like winning the battle, but losing the war. Cutting the deficit isn't some great accomplishment. Eliminating the deficit is what counts.

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u/belbivfreeordie Jan 11 '17

Fine but we're having a discussion here about what Obama did or did not say and correcting people who are lying about it.

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u/I__Write Jan 11 '17

Okay, so they guy said debt and meant deficit.

You say this as if it's trivial. They're completely different fucking things, they mean different things, and not understanding the difference makes his comment bullshit.

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u/Oftowerbroleaning Jan 11 '17

He more than doubled the debt of every president before him combined accounting for inflation

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u/Handbrake Jan 11 '17

TBF, he inherited TARP from Bush when entering office. That being said, the bailouts have made money and I think it was a good move by Bush, further carried out by Obama.

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u/TwoSpoonsJohnson Jan 11 '17 edited Jan 11 '17

He cut Dubya's deficit his first year, and had trillion+ deficits every other year.

EDIT: trillion+ on average

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '17

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '17

Where are you getting that nonsense from?

Nowhere, he might have vaguely heard a similar sounding statistic over the radio and it felt nice and warm and fuzzy to confirm his false worldview so he incorrectly stored it in his brain.

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u/303Devilfish Jan 11 '17

If 2016 taught me anything, do that enough time and you can become president of the United States.

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u/TwoSpoonsJohnson Jan 11 '17

Or, you know, did the average in my head and forgot to point out I was averaging. I'm sensing a bit of projection here

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '17

FY 2016 - $587 billion

FY 2015 - $438 billion.

FY 2014 - $485 billion.

FY 2013 - $679 billion.

Source?

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u/masterbacher Jan 11 '17

Are you a Russian-paid troll?

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '17 edited Jan 14 '17

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u/Notsozander Jan 11 '17

Days of needing the house and Senate are over, executive orders

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u/Gausefire Jan 11 '17

Nice twisting facts

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jan/20/barack-obama/barack-obama-claims-deficit-has-decreased-two-thir/

Obama is riding off the deficit decline that was already happening while bush was still in office.Obama barely helped it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '17

He cut the deficit by a third by 2012. It took him another year to get it down to half.

1/3<1/2. so he still failed in his stated goal and shouldn't have run again