Debunking Obama 's Fiscal Record . 
President Barack Obama 's tax , spending and deficit legacy has long been subject to intense debate . 
The spending slowdown was caused by gridlock , not by Obama moderating his demands -LRB- point : conservatives -RRB- . 
In 2009 and 2010 , Obama and a unified Democratic Congress enacted $ 1.4 trillion in new spending . 
Thus , the weak recovery actually saved Washington $ 400 billion relative to the baseline Obama inherited . 
The completion of the Obama presidency allows for a final accounting of his fiscal legacy . 
Obama 's $ 4.6 trillion in additional deficits came from $ 5 trillion in new legislation , partially offset by $ 400 billion in economic and technical savings described above . 
It is important to recognize that Obama did not stop trying to expand government after 2010 . 
Obama 's budget deficits more than doubled the inherited projections -LRB- point : conservatives -RRB- . 
Thirteen days before Obama took the oath of office , the CBO forecast a total 2009-19 budget deficit of $ 4.32 trillion . 
In 2012 , Obama himself echoed the conventional wisdom when he asserted that he had failed to meet his own deficit-reduction targets "because this recession turned out to be a lot deeper than any of us realized ." 
Many conservatives complain that allegedly feckless congressional Republicans rubber-stamped Obama 's spending wish list .
[TGT] 's tax , spending and deficit legacy has long been subject to intense debate . 
The spending slowdown was caused by gridlock , not by [TGT] moderating [TGT] demands -LRB- point : conservatives -RRB- . 
In 2009 and 2010 , [TGT] and a unified Democratic Congress enacted $ 1.4 trillion in new spending . 
Thus , the weak recovery actually saved Washington $ 400 billion relative to [TGT] inherited . 
The completion of the [TGT] presidency allows for a final accounting of his fiscal legacy . 
[TGT] 's $ 4.6 trillion in additional deficits came from $ 5 trillion in new legislation , partially offset by $ 400 billion in economic and technical savings described above . 
It is important to recognize that [TGT] did not stop trying to expand government after 2010 . 
[TGT] 's budget deficits more than doubled the inherited projections -LRB- point : conservatives -RRB- . 
Thirteen days before [TGT] took the oath of office , the CBO forecast a total 2009-19 budget deficit of $ 4.32 trillion . 
In 2012 , [TGT] himself echoed the conventional wisdom when [TGT] asserted that [TGT] had failed to meet [TGT] own deficit-reduction targets "because this recession turned out to be a lot deeper than any of us realized ." 
Many conservatives complain that allegedly feckless congressional Republicans rubber-stamped [TGT] 's spending wish list .