claim: under obama, the national debt "has been reduced every year for the last five years."
author: al sharpton
evidence_1: jan 10, 2019 ... obama added the most debt dollar-wise, while fdr added the most ... it's ironic  that, as the debt has increased through the years, the value ... for the first nine  months of his new term, bush had to live with president clinton's last budget. ...  the deficit by president reveals how much deficit was in each year's ...
evidence_2: ... $984 billion. here is the federal deficit by year for the last decade: ... in the  recovery from the crash of 2008 deficits have slowly reduced to 3 percent of gdp .
evidence_3: jan 10, 2019 ... the fiscal year 2018 u.s. budget deficit is $833 billion. ... since 1987, the deficit  has been a lot less than the increase in the ... but gdp in the years up to 1947  are not available for the third .... gdp and personal income, table 1.1.5., u.s.  bureau of economic ... 4 ways to reduce the interest on the debt.
evidence_4: jan 3, 2019 ... under president obama, the national debt increased 100 percent, ... the national  debt can only be reduced through five mechanisms: ... debt has been a part of  this country's operations since its beginning. ... in modern times, the government  has struggled to spend less than it takes in for over 60 years, ...
evidence_5: oct 20, 2018 ... trump said he would erase america's debt in 8 years. ... economic growth rate to  6 percent annually by reducing taxes and the weighty burden ...