claim: deficit spending ‘exploded during the obama administration’ to $5.3 trillion over four years, compared to $2 trillion in eight years under president george w. bush.
author: ron johnson
evidence_1: nov 15, 2016 ... donald trump campaigned heartily on a spending splurge and ... for eight years,  republicans hammered president barack obama ... the national debt by a  whopping $5.3 trillion over the next decade. ... in comparison, the huge george  w. bush-era tax cuts cost less than $2 trillion. ... pompeo's speech vs.
evidence_2: politifact wisconsin on wednesday, july 19th, 2017. mostly true. a fair  projection, somewhat mislabeled ... deficit spending 'exploded during the obama  administration' to $5.3 trillion over four years, compared to $2 trillion in eight  years under president george w. bush. — politifact wisconsin on friday,  september 28th, ...
evidence_3: jan 29, 2016 ... spending for fy 2016 at $3.919 trillion.1 .... annually during his eight years in of-  fice. ... far is 67; george w. bush's average over ... 4. crews: ten thousand  commandments 2016 in some fashion. while ..... today, regulatory costs  approach $2 trillion, ... federal outlays and deficits compared with federal.
evidence_4: the economic policies of donald trump, which were outlined in his campaign  pledges, include .... president trump's comprehensive tax reform plan, the $1.5  trillion tax cuts and jobs act of 2017, was ..... a first estimate of $10.5 trillion in  spending cuts over 10 years was reported on january 19, 2017, although cuts of  this ...
evidence_5: we've had an enormous spending binge in the last few years. ... the statement  goes on note that “$16.4 trillion [is the] amount of debt held by ... at 10 percent of  gross domestic product (gdp), the largest deficit relative to the ... fiscal impact of  policies enacted under the bush and obama administrations: ..... [time, 8/21/02].