President Obama has been Directly Detrimental to our Economy and National Security

However- I see a slight problem with the way he presumes he will present his case. My definition of “the current state of America” is where we are today, contrasted with where we should be today; and, the way we are headed contrasted with the way we should be heading. Both of these have to take into account where Obama started. You obviously cannot pretend he started with no debt and a surplus budget. I had thought I had made the purpose of this debate clear in both the Title of the debate and when I said that I would be arguing the premise that his policies had either a “catastrophic, poor, or neutral” affect on the USA. Also- I believe in the explanation I explicitly stated that the con side of the argument would be arguing that the President’s policies produced a positive or desired affect on the USA. My opponent has said that all he needs to do was prove that where we are right now is not completely the Obama Administrations fault. I will respectfully say that is not the case. He will need to argue that The Administration has been a benefactor to America. Now that I’ve cleared that up, on to the debate. My Claim and Thesis- In 2008, Barack Obama was voted President of the United States of America. In 2008, America owed a massive 10 Trillion Dollar national debt. In 2008, the economy was in free fall, and in 2008, Americans chose Barack Obama to lead us away from this crisis. First off- It is NOT to be believed that the Obama administration was not confronted with a wealth of problems the moment they set foot in the white house. They were. To assume otherwise is ignorant. Indeed, He inherited a mess- But his job was to make it better. Argument #1: The National Debt Potentially the biggest problem we face as a nation today is our colossal debt crisis. Where does it stand as we speak? An almost difficult to write- 16.17 Trillion Dollars. Where did it stand 4 Years ago? 10 Trillion Dollars. There’s a math problem you can do on a paper napkin. Barack Obama has created in excess of 6 trillion dollars of debt. But for you visual people, Here’s a graph: (If it does not appear, I have not posted it correctly. I would be grateful for some assisstance. ) Date of Graph-About 500 billion dollars ago. That line should not be going up- It should be going down. That is the direction Obama promised it would be heading, a promise that was not kept. What did Obama say? He said “If I don’t have this under control in 4 ye-in 3 years, than its going to be a one-term proposition for me. ” -Barack Obama. I think its safe to say he promised to have this spending issue under control. But He doesn’t have it under control, he never did have it under control, and I trust that he never will have it under control. Why do I presume this? Because never once in all of his four years presiding in the White House did he pass ONE BUDGET with balanced spending to solve this debt crisis. As we speak, our government is spending in excess of 1 Trillion dollars more than they receive in Revenue. In fact, the 2013 budget our President submitted to congress received a unanimous vote-NO. 513-0. The vote of the Congress against the 2013 budget. That means that every representative, every senator, every democrat and every republican, voted against the budget. If from nowhere else, take it from our National Legislatures that this President does not know how to reduce spending in a responsible way. Objection: My opponent will argue that our President has not increased the deficit, and that federal spending is increasing at its slowest ever rate. Rebuttal: First off: The Debt and Deficit are NOT interchangeable terms and mustn't be treated as such. The National Debt is cumulative. The Deficit refers to how much we are spending and how much we are making. (Assuming the former surpasses the latter, else it would not be a deficit. ) The Deficit = US Federal Tax Revenue - US Federal Spending So: 2,418,814,800,000 Dollars - 3,553,330,800,000 Dollars = -1,134,433,800,000 Dollars (Values are approximated since each is changing by thousands of dollars every second) The proposition that our President is handling spending responsibly is quite simply absurd. First is the fact that even though his spending is increasing at a crawl, it is still increasing. At the very moment of Crisis when the USA needs a responsible leader who will cut costs, this president increases them. When you are 16 Trillion in debt, you have to start making the cuts. Sub-Conclusion for Argument #1 President Obama’s promise in regard to the National Debt was not kept. Although he claimed he would have the situation under control by this time in his presidency, he does not. The President himself said that if he didn’t, he would not be re-elected. Instead of eliminating the deficit and decreasing our National Debt, this president has upheld our deficit and increased our Debt. Where should we be? The Debt ought to be under 10 Trillion dollars, or at least even at 10 Trillion dollars, because that is where he started; and our spending should not exceed our revenue. President Obama has failed in both of these aspects. This failure hurts the stability of the economy, the value of the American Dollar, and America’s financial security. We are just years away from an economic collapse. We are at the edge of the cliff of disaster, and this man is pushing us off. Spending Policy Rating: Catastrophic. Argument 2: Job Creation In my second argument, I will be examining the Administration’s policy’s affects on the economy by evaluating Job Creation. President Obama claims he has created 4.5 Million Jobs. This is true. 4.5 Million Jobs have been added to the economy since the economy hit rock bottom in 2010. If you include that, Obama has a net loss of jobs since he has taken office. My opponent’s objection: The BLS reported that in September, some 800k jobs were added, and the unemployment rate fell to 7.8%, the lowest it has ever been since the day our President took office. Rebuttal: The State of California neglected to send in its employment statistics in September. So the September Jobs report does not include the most populous and economically depressed state in the USA. So yes, in September, we added 800,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 7.8%, if you don’t count California, the most populated and economically depressed state in the USA, which also happens to have the 8th largest economy in the world: . http://www.breitbart.com... The real unemployment rate still remains at 14.6%. That number counts the people who have given up looking for a job. Now that I have nullified and discredited this latest jobs report, President Obama was not able to keep unemployment under 8% during any point in his Presidency. It was predicted by President Obama’s study that unemployment would never surpass 8%, and that by this time, unemployment would be under 6%. Not only did Obama’s stimulus plan fail, it wasted almost 800 billion dollars. (Same image problems? ) Employment Policy Rating: Poor/neutral Conclusion: President Obama has failed to keep his promises both in regard to the national debt and in regard to employment. His policies have not had the desired affect on the economy, they have actually had a detrimental one. 23 Million Americans are out of work, 14.6%. This is unacceptable. Where should we be? Where he said we would be, at the very least, and we aren’t even there. Our Economy is growing at a measly 1.5%. This is the slowest recovery since post WW2. Barack Obama’s Policies have spent 6 Trillion dollars, kept unemployment above 8% for 43 months, kept 23 Million Americans out of work, created a net loss of jobs, and has brought us four years closer to economic collapse. Note: I am nearing the character limit. Arguments will continue in following rounds. Including more on National Security. Thank you.