Obama inherited a $1.3 trillion annual deficit from Bush. To maintain the government at Bushes levels he was already in the hole for 5.2 trillion over 4 years (1.3*4). The only way to get out of that kind of a deficit is to do something radical like gutting these agencies:

Department of Health and Human Services $630,728,730,692
Social Security Administration 555,716,495,966
Department of Defense 313,527,249,932
Department of Homeland Security 249,867,135,482
Department of Education 89,419,093,779
Department of Energy 42,903,865,141
Department of Agriculture 41,230,698,859
Department of Transportation 41,032,079,314
Department of Housing and Urban Development 38,917,578,332
Department of Veterans Affairs 18,120,352,606

Cutting any of these agencies funding would also cut jobs. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

You're dad is enjoying those extra tax dollars at the expense of future generations.