THIS. People need to understand this, as it is a snowball effect. Bush Left a 5 Trillion dollar debt (a 500% increase in debt). Then he signed TARP, and handed the mess to Obama, who distributed the subsequent rounds of 'quantitative easing' (I say this to ensure that neither politician gets a pass). We now have $20 Trillion debt, a 400% increase in the 'money supply', along with 0% interest rates for YEARS, and the economy still sucks. In some sewing circles, that's called 'deflation'.