>>>Except that the debt grew by $9T under Obama.
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>>Tsk, tsk, John
>>Obama stepped into the worst recession since the 1920's- none of it his making.
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>The "great recession" ended the first full quarter Obama was in office Apr-Jun 2009. Then it was used for 7 1/2 years as an excuse for the slowest economic recovery since the great depression.

Were there other recessions of that magnitude after the great depression?

I lived through all of them. I wasn't keeping score, but I don't recall any equivalent collapse.