claim: says under president barack obama, the debt increased by 23 percent, which was less than under any president going back to ronald reagan.
author: tom colicchio
evidence_1: oct 18, 2017 ... but barack obama created more jobs if measured from the depths of the  recession. ... lyndon b. johnson added the most jobs percentage-wise (20.7  percent) during his two terms. ... for example, those who inherited a recession,  like clinton, obama, reagan, carter and lbj, did better at job creation.
evidence_2: may 23, 2012 ... under the heading, "romney's world," the facebook post quoted a romney web  page saying, "since president obama assumed office three years ago, ...  spending under obama, including his signature stimulus bill, is rising at a 1.4  percent annualized pace — slower than at any time in nearly 60 years.
evidence_3: barack obama: took office 20 january 2009. total debt: $10,627 billion. total  debt (as of the end of april 2011): $14,288 billion. percent change in total debt: + 34%. so, as far as raw numbers go, the chart is reasonably accurate (although  our calculations produced a somewhat higher debt increase for ronald reagan  than ...
evidence_4: feb 20, 2013 ... barack obama (first term, 2009–2013)—revenue increase: 38 percent; spending  increase: 8 percent; gdp growth: 15 percent (estimated): national debt: $16.5  trillion. under clinton, government spending rose by less than gdp, and revenue  rose by twice as much as spending. on the whole, the national ...
evidence_5: mar 24, 2009 ... [1] under president barack obama, the debt increased from $10.7 trillion in 2008  to $14.2 trillion by february 2011.[2]" ..... so when all is said and done there was  no surplus but actually a deficit of $16.5b which bush used up faster than any  president in history, and added to that deficit to the tune of $700b ...