Check out when the debt STARTS ballooning historically in this chart...The debt increased under Reagan 2.6 times!!...
Under George Bush by 1.42 times (and that was a 4year term)...
Under Clinton by only 1.29 times....
Under George W Bush by 1.73 times...
Under Obama by 1.6 times....Here's A Table Of Numbers From George Washington To ObamaI won't go into ill advised tax cuts and losses of tax revenue due to crumbling economy and increased social expenses due to said crumbling economy and all that this time in an effort not to derail the thread too much...

@EddyFree You are missing a $1trillion or so on one entry.....

It's a moot point, Trump loves debt.

@atascabob @EddyFree And Supply side economics gave Prs Reagan an avenue to borrow against future confiscations due to GDP growth........Pres Obama's administration added hookers And blow to the GDP calculation and it is still a record low performance.

@atascabob Yeah, I agree somewhat.......But, in the financial world, it's a technique known as leverage and an acceptable way to create alpha......but, done wrong........hello 2008.

C'mon Obama....It's not too late.....Throw the challenge flag already!!!!

abc13.com/news/presi dent-obama-commutes- sentences-for-330-pe ople-/1711114/
Obama granted commutation to a total of 1,715 people during his time in office, including 568 people who were sentenced to life in prison.

All right Clyde we can agree to disagree but your google advice produced this."To these unhappy taxpayers I say: Relax, your $80 billion auto bailout loan is paid in full and you also have received handsome interest and dividends.I also would like to tell unhappy taxpayers that it is true hundreds of thousands of Americans, many belonging to the United Auto Workers union, did indeed keep their jobs because of the bailout. But hundreds of thousands of non-union blue-collar and white-collar employees at auto-related suppliers, dealerships and small businesses also kept their jobs thanks to the bailout."I think to not have done the auto bail out would have been disastrous. I didn't like it either, but think it had to be done.

@TheCatsMeow :So he has to fix problems in the justice system too...Wonder if he granted more "white-collar" criminals commutations than his predecessor?

Obama failed, he didn't free Atascabob and Eddy you're already free.

@EddyFree Obama granted more commutations than the past 13 presidents combined. President Obama granted commutations today to 330 people, most of whom were serving long sentences for drug crimes.

@atascabob :And we'll get to that soon when we take a look at his tax proposals...
Hillary's out...Gotta get Obama out...Then....It's all about that Trump....

@atascabob Got no idea where you got that and assume it is the same guy that said we could keep our plan......But, assuming you accept USA reporting on an official Treasury statement, I'll actually post a link. www.usatoday.com/sto ry/money/cars/2014/1 2/30/auto-bailout-ta rp-gm-chrysler/You and the Pres are entitled to your opinions, but not crafted facts.

@ClydepuckettYou left this part out...But I've got your back man!:(from article above)"The government lost money, but far less than initially expected when the program was launched in 2009. What's more, the program prevented GM and Chrysler from going out of business — an event most economists and automotive analysts said would have caused the entire industry to collapse and thrown the Midwest into a deep depression."

@EddyFree The only point I ever made.......