Monday, December 12, 2011

Jaw Dropping Stat of The Day: Debt Increases Nearly $49K Per Second Under Obama…

The national debt increased $16,000 every second George Allen served in the U.S. Senate. - Politifact via Weaselzippers

In the middle of verifying a Tim Kaine accusation against George Allen in the Virginia Senate race, PolitiFact offers a jaw dropping figure that any critic of Obama would find useful:
In other words, Allen voted for budgets that increased the debt by $16,896.68 every second he was in the Senate. That’s slightly higher than Kaine’s estimate.

But before you get angry at Allen, consider this: The debt has increased by $48,994.13 a second since Barack Obama became president. And Kaine, who served as Obama’s hand-picked chairman of the Democratic National Committee for two years before resigning in April, is a staunch defender of the president.