CBO: OBAMA’S POLICIES WILL INCREASE NAT’L DEBT 47% TO $21.7T BY 2022.

But I thought decreasing the national debt was one of President Obama’s 2008 campaign promises? Oh, wait!!!

The President will most likely blame the House Republicans (who only controlled the House from 2010 to present) for stopping him from cutting spending.

Just a lost opportunity while Obama had complete control of the legislative branch. Hopefully, America isn’t naive enough to reelect him or we’ll continue to rack up more debt in his second term.

(CNS NEWS) – The Congressional Budget Office projects that the national debt under President Obama’s policies will rise to $21.665 trillion by 2022, according to its updated budget outlook.

The updated outlook, released Tuesday, found that current Obama administration policies will result in a 50 percent increase in debt held by the public and a 40 percent increase in intra-governmental debt held in the trust funds of entitlement programs.

“In CBO’s projections, debt held by the public is expected to increase by more than 50 percent between the end of 2011 and the end of 2022, and debt held by government accounts is expected to rise by nearly 40 percent,” the CBO report found.

As a result of this rise in federal debt, CBO projects federal debt will reach $21.7 trillion by 2022.

“As a result, gross federal debt is projected to climb every year from 2012 to 2022, reaching $21.7 trillion in 2022—47 percent more than its total of $14.8 trillion at the end of 2011.”

Quote via: CNS News.