You are correct, Bush spent but Obama has put it in fifth gear. As a Constitutionalist, I hope that there will come a day when both parties reflect the spirit of Grover Cleveland and not spend for frivolous political reasons.
I'm not sure we can overcome this debt. Manufacturing being outsourced and the shrinking middle class, where will the feds come up with the revenue sufficient to satisfy the appetite of this government.
When Barry speaks of pain in regards to the debt, he should be talking of the pain of government as behemoth bureaucracies are eliminated and or slashed dramatically.
Americans have had enough pain.