[Dilbert San Diego]

Candidate Obama was shocked that the debt had soared to about $9 trillion before he became president. But at $18 trillion and counting, now the debt doesn’t matter to liberals or Democrats.

If a Republican is elected president in 2016 then the Democrats will decide that the debt is a problem again.

[griswold3]

$350,870,749,304.93 Interest paid as of 8/6/15 with interest rates at 2.337 (avg total interest bearing debt)
(Sept 30, 2008 @ 4.188)

[Deo volente]

Candidate Obama in 2008 promised a "net spending cut" and portrayed McCain as the big spender.

Then he ran up $9 trillion more in debt.