The 2009 version of this video was instructive, but now the author has real data to work with. If previous presidents were putting the pedal to the metal on increasing the debt, Obama added rocket engines to the car.

See for yourself:

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How do the Obama deficits …

Since we’ve been on the subject of federal spending, taxes, and debt recently, here’s one more item for the effort. If you haven’t seen this video, watch it. It puts everything into perspective. (It also has the virtue of being funny.)

WASHINGTON, DC –Today, Congressman Paul Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-01) voted to reject the President’s request to increase the federal debt ceiling by $1.2 trillion.

H. J. Res. 98, the second Debt Limit Resolution of Disapproval passed the House with a vote of 239-176. Congressman Gosar issued the …

This week the House of Representatives will vote on a resolution to disapprove of the Obama administration’s request for an increase in the nation’s debt ceiling – another “sign of leadership failure,” in the president’s own words.

The vote itself is an indictment of …

Obama Promised Big Things, But The Promises He Acutally Followed Through On Have Hurt More Than They’ve Helped

THE STIMULUS

Obama’s Stimulus Failed To Keep Unemployment Below 8 Percent As Obama Promised

Obama’s $825 Billion Stimulus Failed To …

WASHINGTON (DC) Congressman Ben Quayle released the following statement Thursday regarding President Obama’s request for yet another $1.2 trillion increase to the debt ceiling:

“The President’s decision to seek yet another $1.2 trillion increase to the debt limit reinforces the unfortunate trend of raising the …

In November 2010, UBS dubbed the current economic downturn the Great Suppression. In a September 2011 report by UBS, they continue the use of this term:

Observers are gradually starting to recognize that the tax hikes and regulations emanating from Washington are frightening employers and …

Another year ends, and the U.S. has just passed the point where the entire value of its annual economy is exceeded by the amount of money that the federal government owes to its creditors.

From Zero Hedge:

With precisely one year left for the world …

The magic has ended for Obama. At the beginning of the semester, he was the charming, newly-hired lecturer that wore jeans instead of Dockers with puffy pleats in the front. But the results of the midterm have been posted, …

In a piece appearing in Politico, veteran reporter David Rogers notes the new Republican majority in the House has followed through on its promise to pull federal discretionary spending back to 2008 levels, observing that some “seem blind to how much the landscape has …