Fiscal Hawk Obama Worried The National Debt Will Increase If ObamaCare Is Repealed

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Debra Heine:

Did you know that the national debt could skyrocket if fiscally irresponsible Republicans decide to repeal ObamaCare?

President Barack Obama, sounding a bit like a member of the Tea Party on Twitter Monday, warned that the national debt could increase by $137 billion if his signature achievement is repealed.

This marks the first time Obama has ever shown concern about the national debt – whichhas exploded under his stewardship:

The United States’ national debt has now passed the $18 trillion mark and is up by a whopping 70 percent since President Obama took office.

When Obama leaves office, the number will be near $20 trillion; the debt was $10.6 trillion when he arrived in the White House.

The Congressional Budget Office projects that the debt will be at $26.5 trillion in 10 years.

Last Fall, Reason explained what is going on with the administration’s phony ObamaCare numbers:

Back in 2009, it was really important to President Obama that people understand he would not “sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits—either now or in the future. Period.” He sold the plan as costing about $938 billion in its first decade of operation (2010 through 2019) but saving about $143 billion overall because of the various taxes and other revenue it raised. A 2012 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report figured that Obamacare would shave $109 billion off the deficit between 2013 and 2022.

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