Maddow just said Obama has reduced the deficit

[Courtesy Flush]

Is that true? Is there a link to back this up?

[Evergreen Emerald]

1. It is true.

The link would be Maddow.

[Segami]

5. Here is a chart.

[bluestate10]

2. The budget deficit was 1.4 trillion for 2009.

That was the last GW Bush budget. The last budget deficit was 1.1 trillion. The President reduced the deficit by 300 billion dollars in four years, without any help from republicans.

[krawhitham]

4. True, but don't confuse deficit with debt

[easychoice]

6. If she said it she has proof

She is thorough in her research.She won't provide anyone on the other side any way prove her wrong.
Now, off to google to find her proof.

[Swede Atlanta]

7. Please understand....

There is a difference between the fiscal deficit and the DEBT.

Yes, Obama has reduced the deficit - that is, within an accounting fiscal year, expenditures over income.

Obama has increased the long term DEBT but by much less than his critics charge and by a much smaller amount than his predecessors, especially Reagan and the two Bushes.

[Brewinblue]

8. You may be confusing the deficit with the National debt.

The cumulative debt has grown to $15 trillion, but the annual budget deficit has been reduced.

[TomClash]

9. See below

http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/defic08p.pdf

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2012/jun/01/scorecard-economy-obama/

[notadmblnd]

10. one

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/10/15/14452120-the-wrong-issue-for-the-wrong-candidate?lite