burden becomes more severe. >> the cost of the debt burden has massed the problem. when president obama took office the debt doubled. doubled under president bush too, not like it is a republican or democrat issue. and when president obama took office debt service was 3 $40 billion. you double the debt, interest rates have gone down, $342 billion, $2 billion more, interest rates have gone down, you mask repercussions you had to deal with and more of the same. and the first year president obama's as president that we took in federal coffers and $3.9 trillion in fiscal year 2008 almost doubled, 3 $50