no, the country was not in an economic crisis when bush took over. Clinton turned over to bush a booming economy and a government with a surplus. In 8 years bush turned that surplus into an 995 billion dollar budget deficit and a country in the worst recession since the great depression. No wonder bush spent so much time on vacation.so was the country in a economical crisis when bush became president? It looks like the pesident would be trying to get the economy jump started and then go on vacation.
wikianswers - what was the total deficit when obama took office
the "surplus" clinton had was only there because they took from social security to balance the budget. It was nothing more than a shifting of funds to give the appearance of a surplus.
Here is the link if you care to read:
the myth of the clinton surplus
totaly incorrect, you can not debunk the greatness of clinton with that thing called the truth.