# debt amounts and other stuff

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**Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-amounts-and-other-stuff/653680/128 "2013-03-22T23:29:31Z")

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> [@Did Obama add 6 trillion to the deficit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-obama-add-6-trillion-to-the-deficit/610266/34):
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> Wait, what?
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> Didn’t Clinton leave us with a surplus…?

No, Clinton and his republican controlled house and senate, balanced the budget for two years, then came two wars, then came a ton of social spending and Obama care

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