jillian.
HOW DO OBAMA'S POLICIES DIFFER FROM BUSH'S?
OMAR DA GREAT?
RDEAN?
Sigh
The differences between Obama and Bush are as vast as the differences between Republicans (90% white and mostly Christian) and the Democrats (everyone else).
First off, Bush didn't include the cost of either war in any of his budgets. That's 3 trillion right off the bat. Second, Bush didn't include the cost of the unpaid for "Drugs for Votes" bill costing 1.3 trillion (more about that later). And finally, Bush didn't include the cost of his unpaid for 2.4 trillion dollar tax break for the rich.
By my count, that's 6.7 trillion Bush left off his budget. He had to know it. It's why they were left off the budget.
Obama presented the first REAL budget, with everything in it, for the first time in 9 years. This is why the deficit exploded. It was always there, just hidden. Ask a Republican, "If Obama spent so much money, what did he spend it on?" The banks have paid back. The auto companies have paid back.
What's left is Bush's false budget and the Republicans ruined economy.
The jobs bill signed into law today was paid for by closing loopholes corporations were using to move jobs overseas. This was confirmed by the CBO.
The Health Care bill, cost 900 billion dollars, but will bring down the deficit by 130 billion over 10 years. On the other hand, the Republican drug bill, they passed only to get votes from seniors, cost 1.3 trillion right off the bat and the CBO has said it could cost anywhere from 3 to 7 trillion.
And speaking of the health care bill, here's a link so you can read it. I've found that when Republicans can bring themselves to get passed the lies and the propaganda and actually start reading and thinking, they become, gasp, "liberals".
http://docs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf
It may be two thousand pages, but once you start, it's fascinating. You can't stop.
The first thing out of a conservatives mouth is, "Democrats had both houses during the last two years of the Bush Administration". Yea, in the senate by a vote of 49 to 49 with two independents. So when conservatives say, "Democrats had ALL the power", it's just another in a long, long list of lies. You can always see that one coming. Best to get it out of the way early.