Budget numbers

In his Thursday letter to the editor headlined “Blame game,” Michael Winne fails to mention the $9.3 trillion of debt incurred while Barack Obama was president, more than any president in U.S. history. Most of this debt was incurred during his first two years in office while his party controlled Congress, and massive sums were borrowed for his stimulus program, which did next to nothing to stimulate the economy.

If you can believe Mr. Winne’s numbers, the government is projected to borrow $955 billion this fiscal year, twice as much as last year. If you make the argument that President Donald Trump is responsible for the previous year as well, that means he has added approximately $1.43 trillion to our nation’s debt. Assuming he is re-elected and spends eight years in office, he has