claim: "when i took office, the deficit was nearly 10 percent of our economy. today, it's approaching 3 percent."
author: barack obama
evidence_1: oct 2, 2014 ... when i took office, the deficit was nearly 10 percent of our economy. today, it's  approaching 3 percent. (applause.) in other words, we can shore up america's  long-term finances without falling back into the mindless austerity or  manufactured crises or trying to find excuses to slash benefits to seniors that ...
evidence_2: ... the states that haven't raised the minimum wage." — politifact national on  thursday, october 9th, 2014. half-true. not exactly when he took office. barack  obama · "when i took office, the deficit was nearly 10 percent of our economy.  today, it's approaching 3 percent." — politifact national on monday, october 6th,  2014.
evidence_3: when i took office, the deficit was nearly 10 percent of our economy. today, it's  approaching 3 percent.” now, the deficit is what the deficit is. they can cook the  press release, massage the numbers, or hide the spending, but at some point we  have to revert to the real numbers. 2014 ronpaul_quote_shirt_back1black ...
evidence_4: oct 28, 2011 ... as a result, the u.s. economy faces even greater challenges today than it faced  when clinton took office. ... in january 1993 the federal budget deficit for that year  was expected to top $300 billion, or 5 percent, of gross domestic product—the  broadest measure of our economy—and the congressional ...
evidence_5: the fiscal year (fy) 2015 budget deficit totaled $439 billion, according to today's  statement from the treasury department. although this is roughly 10 percent  below the fy 2014 deficit and nearly 70 percent below its 2009 peak, the country  remains on an unsustainable fiscal path. in this paper, we show: annual deficits ...