[Let_It_Be_So]

Annual deficits since 2007:

2007 $161B
2008 $459B
2009 $1413B
2010 $1294B
2011 $1299B
2012 $1100B
2013 $680B
2014 $492B
2015 $439B
2016 $474B (proj.)

(http://www.davemanuel.com/history-of-deficits-and-surpluses-in-the-united-states.php)

[kabar]

The sequester caps contained the deficits, The Omnibus Bill removed the caps. The era of big spending is beginning anew.

[texas booster]

I thought that the debt ballooned by $450 billion within a month of the budget deal being signed.