Is Obama *really* a big spender? NO.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

That claim is a load of MittShit. Here are the facts, in a nice pretty picture. Notice how all of the biggest government spenders were Republicans. Isn't it time they stopped projecting their spending problem onto Democrats? I think so.

[DJ13]

1. I wonder if Obama would still be in positive territory if the Bush stimulus wasnt put in his term

[Angry Dragon]

4. What bush stimulus??

[DJ13]

6. I was just responding to the fine print at the bottom of the graphic

[erik satie]

2. It's perhaps the greatest irony of all

that for all the brouhaha about fiscal conservatism that the Republicans have been putting out, the only fiscally responsible person in this entire race is Barack Obama

[MannyGoldstein]

3. The even greater irony is that Obama brags he's cutting back more than Hoover

Out-Hoovering Hoover during a depression will... well, here we are!

Come Jan 1, it gets even more fun.

[erik satie]

5. True and

another thing I've noticed is that Obama often cites Reagan. It's all the more amusing when they call Obama a looney leftist, socialist or whatever, when he is the moderate, centrist candidate in this race. Romney is just a vessel for the power hungry anarcho-capitalists.

[rustydog]

7. The President can spend money, all the money they want that CONGRESS allocates.

it is how the system works.