14 days

here’s Obama’s legacy, by the numbers:

$19.9 Trillion: The Staggering Mountain Of Debt Obama Will Leave Behind On January 20, 2017. (“Daily History Of The Debt,” U.S. Department Of Treasury, Accessed 12/23/16)

$9.2 Trillion: The Increase In The National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (“Daily History Of The Debt,” U.S. Department Of Treasury, Accessed 12/23/16)

$1 Trillion: Tax Increases In ObamaCare Over A Decade. (“ObamaCare: Trillion Dollar Tax Hike That Hurts Small Businesses,” U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Ways And Means, 3/31/16)

$870.3 Billion: Estimated Economic Cost Of All The New Federal Government Regulations Finalized Since Obama Took Office. (“Regulation Rodeo,” American Action Forum, Accessed 12/27/16)

$750 Billion: The U.S.’s Global Trade Deficit Last Year Under Obama. (U.S. Census Bureau, Accessed 12/27/16)

$690 Billion: Increase In Student Debt Since Obama Took Office. (“Student Loans Owned And Securitized, Outstanding,” Federal Reserve Bank Of St. Louis, Accessed 12/27/16)

$377 Billion: ObamaCare’s Tax Hikes That Effect The Middle Class. (Glenn Kessler, “Does ‘Obamacare’ Have $1 Trillion In Tax Hikes, Aimed At The Middle Class,” The Washington Post, 3/12/13)

2.3 Million: The Number Of Americans That Could Have Just One Insurer To Choose From Next Year Due To ObamaCare. (Cynthia Cox And Ashley Semanskee, Preliminary Date on Insurer Exits And Entrants In 2017 Affordable Care Act Marketplaces, Kaiser Family Foundation, 8/28/16)

2 Million: Projected Job Losses Under The Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal That Obama Negotiated And Lobbied For. (Robert E. Scott and Elizabeth Glass, “Trans-Pacific Partnership, Currency Manipulation, Trade, And Jobs,” Economic Policy Institute, 3/3/16)

301,000: Manufacturing Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Accessed 12/2/16)

280,000: Projected Job Loss Due To The Interior Department’s New Stream Protection Rule. (“Economic Analysis Of Proposed Stream Protection Rule,” Ramboll Environ, 10/15)

82,288: Number Of Criminals Illegal Immigrants Released By The Obama Administration From 2013 To 2015. (Maria Sacchetti, “Criminal Immigrants Reoffend At High Rates Than ICE Has Suggested,” The Boston Globe, 6/4/16)

$8,390: The Increase In The Average Cost Of Tuition, Fees, And Room And Board At A Four Year Public College Since Obama Took Office. (“Trends In College Pricing 2016,” The College Board, 10/26/16)

5,000: Reduction In The Number Of Illegal Immigrants Deported This Year Under Obama. (Rafael Bernal, “Deportations Under Obama Could Hit 10-Year Low,” The Hill, 8/31/16)

$4,370: The Increase In The Average Cost Of Tuition, Fees, And Room And Board At A Four Year Public College Since Obama Took Office. (“Trends In College Pricing 2016,” The College Board, 10/26/16)

2,998: The Number Of New Federal Government Regulations Finalized Since Obama Took Office. (“Regulation Rodeo,” American Action Forum, Accessed 12/27/16)

28%: The Increase In The Average Cost Of Tuition, Fees, And Room And Board At A Four Year Public College Since Obama Took Office. (“Trends In College Pricing 2016,” The College Board, 10/26/16)

23%: The Increase In The Average Cost Of Tuition, Fees, And Room And Board At A Four Year Private College Since Obama Took Office. (“Trends In College Pricing 2016,” The College Board, 10/26/16)

22%: Average Increase In ObamaCare Premium’s Benchmark Silver Plan In 2017. (Tami Luhby, “ObamaCare Premiums To Soar 22%,” CNN, 10/25/16)

21: The Number Of Tax Increases In ObamaCare That Total More Than $1 Trillion Over A Decade. (“ObamaCare: Trillion Dollar Tax Hike That Hurts Small Businesses,” U.S. House Of Representatives Committee On Ways And Means, 3/31/16)

5%: The Reduction Of The Percentage Of Americans Who Self Identify As Middle-Class Since Obama Took Office. (Frank Newport, “Americans’ Identification As Middle Class Edges Back Up,” Gallup, 12/15/16)

4%: Drop In The Rate Of Homeownership Since Obama Took Office. (“State Of Working America Data Library,” Economic Policy Institute, Accessed 12/27/16)

2%: The “Anemic” Average Annual GDP Growth Since Obama Took Office. (Larry Light, “Obama’s 8-Year Economic Legacy: A Mixed Bag,” CBS, 12/23/16)

$0.19: Decrease In The Median U.S. Hourly Wage Since Obama Took Office. (“State Of Working America Data Library,” Economic Policy Institute, Accessed 12/27/16)

0: Excuses Obama Has For Why His Party’s Nominee, Who Ran On His Legacy, Failed To Win In November. (The American People, 11/8/16)

In light of those figures, I personally don’t think there’s much debate as to what Obama’s legacy is (though pundits in the mainstream media will pretend that it is). In fact, that only positive aspect of Obama’s legacy is that it left Republicans with the Presidency, House, and Senate.

fact that for the first time a Christian was jail for being a Christian in this country during his presidency. Kim Davis was simply asking for an accommodation in the workplace for her deeply held religious beliefs (which she was eventually granted by the way) in view of the new law that affected her responsibilities. Rather that dealing with her request in a timely manner, she was made an example of, and sent to jail at the behest of the ACLU and the LGBT community. Persecution of Christians continues and violation of their civil rights increase as the activists are emboldened by a New Democratic Party Coalition.

Barak Obama’s legacy will forever be reversing course on well over 3,000 years of western wisdom and best practices when in comes to sexual relationships -- recognizing marital monogamy between a man and his wife as the epitome for individual health and social foundation. What Obama has brought us is “marriage equality,” not only legitimizing questionable sexual standards but elevating the taboo to the realm of common place, promoted in kind as indistinguishable from what human tradition and natural law has passed down to us through the millennia. All without forethought with respect to the confusion and fallout that has gripped the nation, with particular damage being leveled at those most vulnerable; our youth whose primal struggle for identity has been made subject to even greater crisis from an agenda imposed to blur reality and abolish boundaries.