Quote Originally Posted by Flixy View Post
Isn't that partly because Bush spent so much in his last year? Of course an increase is small if you start high.
This combined with smaller tax receipts, woohoo bush era tax cuts, deficit spending has been a problem. Not that I think slamming on the brakes during a recession would be a wise idea. The happy part was how facebook charts ended up being verified to show that Romney is lying, yet again.