claim: "president obama has no plan to reduce the deficit, let alone pay down the debt."
author: connie mack
evidence_1: aug 7, 2018 ... the budget deficit is growing much faster than any increase in tariff revenue. ...  president trump has a new plan for how to pay down the national ... much by the  obama administration, while at the same time reducing ... that means that to pay  down any of the debt — let alone “large amounts” — tariffs will ...
evidence_2: "president obama has no plan to reduce the deficit, let alone pay down the debt."  — politifact florida on wednesday, september 19th, 2012. mostly false.
evidence_3: sep 6, 2012 ... president obama has no plan to reduce the deficit, let alone pay down the debt.  his idea of a solution is to raise taxes—even though ...
evidence_4: aug 8, 2018 ... president trump's claim this week that his tariffs will enable the government ... of  the $21 trillion in debt that has been accumulated, much by the obama ... but in  any case, these deficits would have to be reduced to zero before we could even  start paying down the debt, let alone reduce it by “large amounts.
evidence_5: to be sure, $1.4 trillion of deficit reduction would be a very welcomed ... a plan  that is projected to just barely stabilize the debt leaves no room for error. ... to stop  debt from rising in the early to mid-2020s, let alone over the longer-term. ... pay- as-you-go rules -- which both crfb and cbpp support -- would reduce the effect  ...