re: Debt up 70% under Barry

Most of this increase came from the Stimulus, $787 billion. The next year a budget was not passed so the previous years budget carried over to the next year, with the $787 billion still there. Then there is a think called Baseline budgeting, it takes the previous budget and adds ~5%-6%, which is much more than inflation. The next year it happened again and again. The stimulus money was not 1 time money it was permanently added to the budget and compounding yearly.

Let that sink in...