Republican myth debunked

aeprga said:
Uh, what? Your incorrect assertion in bold is what started our discussion.
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In no way was that response directed to the post you pretended. You simply refused to address my comment and instead regurgitated your talking point. In no way was that a rebuttal of the post you quoted.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
While Republicans love to paint President Obama as someone who’s done nothing but spend, spend, spend—reality tells a different story.

Let’s get a few facts out of the way. Yes, we’ve spent a lot of money since 2008. Yes, we’re still currently running budget deficits. Yes, we still need to get spending under control. And yes, there’s still a lot of work to be done.

But this right-wing myth that President Obama has been some kind of “Spender in Chief” is completely absurd.

In 2008, our deficit was $458.6 billion. For 2013, it will be $680.3 billion. Is that still a lot of money? Absolutely. But it’s still down from 2012 when our deficit was $1.09 trillion, and it’s headed back towards the levels we had before the economic crash.

And let’s not forget that the 2009 budget, which President Obama gets saddled with, was actually passed by George W. Bush. How large was that deficit? $1.4 trillion. So, what does that mean exactly? That President Obama has cut deficits by more than half since he became president.
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Nice twisting of the numbers there.
 
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