Obama added a lot to the debt, but obviously not $10 Trillion. Look at the Congressional Budget Office numbers:  Biggest was Obama extension of Bush tax cuts— $858 Billion. War in Mideast required Obama to add to defense spending $800 Billion per year, and $857 Billion in contingency money related to war. He spend $757 Billion on his recovery act  but got private companies to help stop failure of auto industry, banks, etc. Affordable care act, a biggie at $104 Billion but still kept down by taxes which supported the program. Obama was also forced to CUT not add to his programs by the sequestration cuts he agreed to with Republicans. CBO scoring total says Obama added $983 Billion to deficit. Lesson: This shows how much entitlements alrady in place before Obama contribute to the deficit— scary— even GOP can only make a small dent in entitlements.