What Have Seven Years of ‘Hope and Change’ Actually Done for Americans?
In his first State of the Union address in 2010, President Barack Obama made a promise to prioritize economic recovery. He implored Washington to “try something new.” He vowed to stop leaving Americans mired in “a mountain of debt,” and promised to pursue policies that would help “rein in” the federal debt.His final State of the Union is set to air tonight, and since his first address voters have been hoping that 7 years of promises of hope, change, and economic recovery were more than just empty rhetoric.Unfortunately that is not the case. By just about every indicator, the president’s two terms have been an economic failure.That mountain of debt he promised to rein in is now larger than it has ever been. The national debt was $10.6 trillion when Obama came into office in 2009. It now stands at $18.9 trillion—an astounding 80 percent increase in just seven years, the largest increase in history. Our government debt now eclipses the size of our economy.
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