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couple things.
First, Bush did run the deficit up. (and before you all start on me, Bush is the reason that I left the republican party in favor of non affiliated)
however lets look at this.
1.8 trillion was directly related to the wars. Stop the wars and the expense stops.
1.6 they claim was added because of the tax breaks. if this is true, then the liberals honestly look at every penny you own as belonging to the government. A tax break isn't giving something to someone, its just not taking as much.
608 billion in discretionary spending, not too bad when you consider that much of that was spend during the last two years under a democratic congress.
obama, still has the wars, didn't stop them like he claimed he would.
the big one is the health care, this is a huge bill that cannot stop once started and will continue to grow larger every year.
when you look at the chart between obama and President Bush, you also see that the left is now using the bailout as ammunition against President Bush, yet when that was being considered, President Bush was not moving to do it very quickly, the left at the time was crying because of all the jobs that would be lost because President Bush wouldn't save the auto industry, obama even stepped in and asked Bush to sign it before he took office because it was needed. So President Bush signed it. Now? according the the left, (now that they got what the wanted) it was a bad thing and the numbers are used to try and make it look like President Bush outspent obama. The reality is that due to the Health Care bill and what it will cost the American public for the rest of this countries existence, it is going to be hard for any President to spend less than obama.
One more thing to consider, when looking at the cost to a presidency of the discretionary spending, consider that fixed costs like social services come out of that fund. so in reality, it is another leftist program that all presidents are taking a hit for. Its also one of the first places I would hit with budget cuts.
First, Bush did run the deficit up. (and before you all start on me, Bush is the reason that I left the republican party in favor of non affiliated)
however lets look at this.
1.8 trillion was directly related to the wars. Stop the wars and the expense stops.
1.6 they claim was added because of the tax breaks. if this is true, then the liberals honestly look at every penny you own as belonging to the government. A tax break isn't giving something to someone, its just not taking as much.
608 billion in discretionary spending, not too bad when you consider that much of that was spend during the last two years under a democratic congress.
obama, still has the wars, didn't stop them like he claimed he would.
the big one is the health care, this is a huge bill that cannot stop once started and will continue to grow larger every year.
when you look at the chart between obama and President Bush, you also see that the left is now using the bailout as ammunition against President Bush, yet when that was being considered, President Bush was not moving to do it very quickly, the left at the time was crying because of all the jobs that would be lost because President Bush wouldn't save the auto industry, obama even stepped in and asked Bush to sign it before he took office because it was needed. So President Bush signed it. Now? according the the left, (now that they got what the wanted) it was a bad thing and the numbers are used to try and make it look like President Bush outspent obama. The reality is that due to the Health Care bill and what it will cost the American public for the rest of this countries existence, it is going to be hard for any President to spend less than obama.
One more thing to consider, when looking at the cost to a presidency of the discretionary spending, consider that fixed costs like social services come out of that fund. so in reality, it is another leftist program that all presidents are taking a hit for. Its also one of the first places I would hit with budget cuts.