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  1. And all it took was nearly doubling the national debt! (I’m impressed by how they include cents):

    Date …………… Debt Held by the Public … Intragovernmental Holdings … Total Public Debt Outstanding
    1/20/2009 …….6,307,310,739,681.66 … 4,319,566,309,231.42 … 10,626,877,048,913.08
    1/29/2016 … 13,657,155,197,715.49 … 5,355,672,500,702.44 … 19,012,827,698,417.93

    — The Obama Debt Tracker: total combined national debt hits $19 trillion for the first time
    The United States Department of the Treasury | Monday February 1, 2016 | The United States Department of the Treasury

  2. Exhibit A:

    White House Cancels All New Offshore Drilling Leases for Atlantic Coast
    Hotair | 03/15/2016 | Jazz Shaw

    … The long awaited plans for U.S. offshore oil leases are coming out shortly and you’ll never guess what happened. After years of working toward expanded development in the Atlantic shelf, the White House has reportedly yanked the plans entirely and will cancel all plans for such leases. (per New York Times)

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