Believe me, I am not questioning your honesty. However, You can't overlook what President Obama was handed. The rise in debt shouldn't be the debt increase, since Jan. 20, 2009. The former president, pushed the snowball down the hill. You start counting Obama's contribution to the debt, when the snowball hit flat ground., That would be when the economy hit rock bottom. I think that was in the summer of 2009.

The increase in food stamps was a direct result of the great recession. The increase in debt due to Iraq again has to be placed on the past president.

The old saying that figures lie, and liars figure. Again, you are not a liar, but the same can't be said of the Republicans congressmen, and newsmen pushing the lotion that President Obama has increased the debt more than every other president.

The problem with throwing ACA into to the mix is uninsured people were using the emergency room as their primary care doctor. The hidden increases in insurance rates due to this have been thrown into the ACA; therefore, they are known. This isn't an increase due to ACA. This was always there.

Why haven't interest rates increased? Every time there is a threat to increase interest rates the stock market takes a dive. The Fed. chair shouldn't be looking at this, but it appears that they are. Wall Street still has a lot to say in the economy. That is not going to change.

Again much of the increase is due to what he inherited. I am not blaming "W", because he was dealt a blow in first four years. Personally, I think, he was a honest man that was taken for a ride by his advisors. The bankers really hurt this country with their mortgage policies. Fraud was running out of control. Only one of this thieves served any jail time. That is the real crime. Start pointing your fingers at them for the increase in US debt.