Posted on 01/12/2017 6:26:11 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
As President Obama makes preparations to exit The White House, he leaves in his wake a legacy of debt, a broken healthcare system, and a regulatory burden that has crippled American business.
Despite the obvious mess he's made as president, he continues to defend his actions. However, the numbers don't lie.
Here's Obama's legacy of failure, by the numbers (h/t RNC):
$19.9 Trillion: The Staggering Mountain Of Debt Obama Will Leave Behind On January 20, 2017. (“Daily History Of The Debt,” U.S. Department Of Treasury, Accessed 12/23/16)
$9.2 Trillion: The Increase In The National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (“Daily History Of The Debt,” U.S. Department Of Treasury, Accessed 12/23/16)
$1 Trillion: Tax Increases In ObamaCare Over A Decade. (“ObamaCare: Trillion Dollar Tax Hike That Hurts Small Businesses,” U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Ways And Means, 3/31/16)
$870.3 Billion: Estimated Economic Cost Of All The New Federal Government Regulations Finalized Since Obama Took Office. (“Regulation Rodeo,” American Action Forum, Accessed 12/27/16)
$750 Billion: The U.S.’s Global Trade Deficit Last Year Under Obama. (U.S. Census Bureau, Accessed 12/27/16)
$690 Billion: Increase In Student Debt Since Obama Took Office. (“Student Loans Owned And Securitized, Outstanding,” Federal Reserve Bank Of St. Louis, Accessed 12/27/16)
$377 Billion: ObamaCare’s Tax Hikes That Effect The Middle Class. (Glenn Kessler, “Does ‘Obamacare’ Have $1 Trillion In Tax Hikes, Aimed At The Middle Class,” The Washington Post, 3/12/13)
$344 Billion: Estimated Economic Cost Of All The New EPA Regulations Finalized Since Obama Took Office. (“Regulation Rodeo,” American Action Forum, Accessed 12/27/16)
$292 Billion: Projected Cost Of Obama’s Finalized Clean Power Plan Regulations. (H. Sterling Burnett, “Economic Analysis of Clean Power Plan Shows High Cost, Minimal Benefits,” The Heartland Institute, 12/2/15)
$99 Billion: The Growth In The U.S.’s Annual Trade Deficit With China Since Obama Took Office. (“Trade In Goods With China,” U.S. Census Bureau, Accessed 12/27/16)
$29 Billion: Projected Annual Loss Of Coal Production Due To The Interior Department’s New Stream Protection Rule. (“Economic Analysis Of Proposed Stream Protection Rule,” Ramboll Environ, 10/15)
$9.6 Billion: Projected Annual Loss Due To The EPA’s 2012 Mercury Rule. (“Hearing Entitled ‘A Review Of EPA’s Regulatory Activity During The Obama Administration: Energy And Industrial Sectors,” U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Energy And Commerce, 6/30/16)
$1.4 Billion: Projected Annual Loss Due To The EPA’s 2015 Ozone Rule. (“Final Ozone Rule,” American Action Forum, 10/2/15)
583 Million: Hours Of Paperwork To Deal With All The New Federal Government Regulations Finalized Since Obama Took Office. (“Regulation Rodeo,” American Action Forum, Accessed 12/27/16)
$500 Million: Projected Annual Loss Due To The EPA’s 2015 Coal Ash Rule. (“Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System; Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals From Electric Utilities,” Federal Register, 4/17/15, pg. 21462)
$462.9 Million: Projected Annual Loss Due To The Administration’s 2015 “Water Of The United States” Rule. (“Final WOTUS Rule,” American Action Forum, 5/28/16)
$400 Million: What Obama Paid Iran As Part Of Its Hostage Deal To Release Prisoners Held By The State Sponsor Of Terror. (Elise Labott, Nicole Gaouette and Kevin Liptak, “US Sent Plane With $400 Million In Cash To Iran,” CNN, 8/4/16)
$320 Million: Projected Annual Loss Due To The EPA’s 2016 Methane Emissions Rule. (“Hearing Entitled ‘A Review Of EPA’s Regulatory Activity During The Obama Administration: Energy And Industrial Sectors,” U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Energy And Commerce, 6/30/16)
2.3 Million: The Number Of Americans That Could Have Just One Insurer To Choose From Next Year Due To ObamaCare. (Cynthia Cox And Ashley Semanskee, Preliminary Date on Insurer Exits And Entrants In 2017 Affordable Care Act Marketplaces, Kaiser Family Foundation, 8/28/16)
2 Million: Projected Job Losses Under The Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal That Obama Negotiated And Lobbied For. (Robert E. Scott and Elizabeth Glass, “Trans-Pacific Partnership, Currency Manipulation, Trade, And Jobs,” Economic Policy Institute, 3/3/16)
301,000: Manufacturing Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 12/2/16)
280,000: Projected Job Loss Due To The Interior Department’s New Stream Protection Rule. (“Economic Analysis Of Proposed Stream Protection Rule,” Ramboll Environ, 10/15)
82,288: Number Of Criminals Illegal Immigrants Released By The Obama Administration From 2013 To 2015. (Maria Sacchetti, “Criminal Immigrants Reoffend At High Rates Than ICE Has Suggested,” The Boston Globe, 6/4/16)
$8,390: The Increase In The Average Cost Of Tuition, Fees, And Room And Board At A Four Year Public College Since Obama Took Office. (“Trends In College Pricing 2016,” The College Board, 10/26/16)
5,000: Reduction In The Number Of Illegal Immigrants Deported This Year Under Obama. (Rafael Bernal, “Deportations Under Obama Could Hit 10-Year Low,” The Hill, 8/31/16)
$4,370: The Increase In The Average Cost Of Tuition, Fees, And Room And Board At A Four Year Public College Since Obama Took Office. (“Trends In College Pricing 2016,” The College Board, 10/26/16)
2,998: The Number Of New Federal Government Regulations Finalized Since Obama Took Office. (“Regulation Rodeo,” American Action Forum, Accessed 12/27/16)
970: The Number Of Counties That Could See No Competition In Healthcare Insurers In 2017 Due To ObamaCare. (Cynthia Cox And Ashley Semanskee, Preliminary Date on Insurer Exits And Entrants In 2017 Affordable Care Act Marketplaces, Kaiser Family Foundation, 8/28/16)
717: Less Democrat State House Representatives Since Obama Took Office. (“2009 State And Legislative Partisan Composition,” National Conference Of State Legislatures, 1/26/09; “2016 State And Legislative Partisan Composition,” National Conference Of State Legislatures, 12/6/16)
231: Less Democrat State Senators Since Obama Took Office. (“2009 State And Legislative Partisan Composition,” National Conference Of State Legislatures, 1/26/09; “2016 State And Legislative Partisan Composition,” National Conference Of State Legislatures, 12/6/16)
183: The Number Of New EPA Regulations Finalized Since Obama Took Office. (“Regulation Rodeo,” American Action Forum, Accessed 12/27/16)
98%: Increase In Student Debt Since Obama Took Office. (“Student Loans Owned And Securitized, Outstanding,” Federal Reserve Bank Of St. Louis, Accessed 12/27/16)
87%: The Increase In The National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (“Daily History Of The Debt,” U.S. Department Of Treasury, Accessed 12/23/16)
63: Less Democrats In The House Of Representatives Since Obama Took Office. (Jennifer E. Manning, “Membership Of The 111th Congress: A Profile,” Congressional Research Service, 12/23/09; “House Election Results,” The New York Times, 12/19/16)
41: States That Saw Deductibles Increases In 2016 Under ObamaCare. (Nathan Nascimento, “The Latest Problem Under The Affordable Care Act: Deductibles,” The National Review, 04/12/16)
28%: The Increase In The Average Cost Of Tuition, Fees, And Room And Board At A Four Year Public College Since Obama Took Office. (“Trends In College Pricing 2016,” The College Board, 10/26/16)
23%: The Increase In The Average Cost Of Tuition, Fees, And Room And Board At A Four Year Private College Since Obama Took Office. (“Trends In College Pricing 2016,” The College Board, 10/26/16)
22%: Average Increase In ObamaCare Premium’s Benchmark Silver Plan In 2017. (Tami Luhby, “ObamaCare Premiums To Soar 22%,” CNN, 10/25/16)
21: The Number Of Tax Increases In ObamaCare That Total More Than $1 Trillion Over A Decade. (“ObamaCare: Trillion Dollar Tax Hike That Hurts Small Businesses,” U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Ways And Means, 3/31/16)
Simply AMAZING that ANYONE can think this guy had a great run! *SPIT*
Our National Nightmare is almost over, Folks! We have a helluvalot of work ahead of us and it will be uphill and against the wind all the way. Gird your loins. ;)
This list is just the beginning. Now we need a list of all his Executive Orders.
Elections have consequences. Elect a Marxist, anti-American racist and this is the result.
bttt
“717: Less Democrat State House Representatives Since Obama Took Office.
231: Less Democrat State Senators Since Obama Took Office.”
And GWB had the phrase conservative movement removed from one of his speeches in 2008.
Jimmy Carter is pleased with Obama. Obama pushed him out of his place as the worst president in history.
Fine list! Look for Hannity to repeat, repeat, repeat and repeat again and again and again, the list! Change station....
People who approve of redistributing wealth think Barack Hussein Obama had a great run. They don’t care that more of the stolen trillions of dollars was given to those with connections, or that the poor got even less than they would with freedom. As long as a big socialist government claims to be taking from the rich, uninformed liberals are happy.
*
Thanks for posting, D.
Bookmark
Those? I’ll take! :)
I blame Congress equally. Lazy, good for nothing, without redeeming value couldn’t even reign in this good for nothing POTUS.
They should all be sent packing.
We really need term limits and sooner than later.
Yep, ole Jimmy can finally go to his grave knowing he's no longer considered the worst President of modern times.
Carter was not our worst president ever. Not even in modern times.
That (dis)honor goes to LBJ.
Without argument, this poseur has given the US nothing but grief, strife, division, weakness, terrorism, (fill in your description here from any of the hundreds to choose from...).
He has given us nothing positive of his own actions...although, his reign of error has given us President Trump.
"Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave"
It's time to change the script for this old play You're readin' and not feelin' what you say Comin' on too strong for me to stay Interpret what you see in any way
It seems the simple things Are hardest to explain Wind is gonna come too soon And deaden all the pain Footprints in the snow will show Where the things are still the same Till you get the warmer sun Of someone else to live again
Shouldn't have took more than you gave Then we wouldn't be in this mess today I know we've all gone different ways But the dues we have to pay are still the same
Shouldn't have took more than you gave Shouldn't have took more than you gave Shouldn't have took more than you gave Shouldn't have took more than you gave Keep on...
Yeah, he gets annoying. I only have to tolerate him for an hour between Rush and my local ConservaBabe. Some days he FORCES me to listen to NPR, LOL!
(We don’t have much radio coverage where I live.)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.