Most of my friends are republicans, they always justify not giving Obama a second chance because of "massive spending, deficit and national debt", which has increased more under Obama in less than 4 years than Bush in 8 years.
I always mention all the good things Obama has done, but I find it hard to defend every time they say "the national debt went up $4.8 trillion during Bush's 8 years and $4.9 trillion during Obama's less than 4 years"
Where has all that money gone? The war in Iraq has been over for a couple of years already. And the war in Afghanistan has never cost as much as the war in Iraq, annually.
Please help educating me about this.
Thanks