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http://www.factcheck.org/2012/06/oba...nferno-or-not/
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The truth is that the nearly 18 percent spike in spending in fiscal 2009 — for which the president is sometimes blamed entirely — was mostly due to appropriations and policies that were already in place when Obama took office.
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But it’s also true that Obama signed a number of appropriations bills, plus other legislation and executive orders, that raised spending for the remainder of fiscal 2009 even above the path set by Bush. By our calculations, Obama can be fairly assigned responsibility for a maximum of $203 billion in additional spending for that year.
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The deficit wasn't just the result of increased spending in 2009. Tax revenues dropped dramatically. Obama chose not only to spend on a budget based on much higher economic forecasts, but to add to that budget.