More things change the more things remain the same
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Because he left us a 1.4 trillion dollar deficit
If Obama had come into office with a 128 billion dollar surplus and turned it into a 1.4 trillion dollar deficit then I would put all of the blame on him
Obama took a 1.4 trillion dollar deficit and has currently lowered it to 900 billion and had it lower then 1.4 trillion 2 out of his 3 years in office
Bush=raises the deficit
Obama=lowers the deficit
Quote from AK Forty Seven:
Why would you judge Obama from Bushes starting point ? Is Obama responsible for Bushes 88 % increase
Strictly speaking, neither Bush nor Obama was fully responsible for the huge increase in the deficit, as it is congress that actually passes the spending bills. The President can set the tone, and neither Bush nor Obama has shown the slightest hint of fiscal responsibility. For every new entitlement, every new war, and every new bailout, they should have insisted upon tax increases sufficient to pay for them. Then we'd see just how popular those entitlements, wars, and bailouts really are. People would be much less enamored of big government if they actually had to pay for it, and couldn't just stick the costs onto the next generation via debt.
True,but Bush set the tone for 2 unpaid for wars,unpaid for medicare drugs,his tax cuts,his government expansions etc
None of that would have happened if Gore was President
Source is at the bottom of the chart
Another source Maxipad, Max Pi,Steelers baby,Hello,multiple current sock puppet accounts etc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_United_States_federal_budget
Deficit
With projected receipts less than projected outlays, the budget proposed by President Bush predicts a net deficit of approximately $400 billion dollars, adding to a United States governmental debt of about $11.4 trillion. Actual tax receipts totaled approximately $2.1 trillion - significantly less than the $2.7 trillion expected. The actual deficit in 2009 was $1.4 trillion.
Exactly, all I see in that chart is the biggest spending increase came with a Democratic controlled Congress from 2007 through 2011. Even more extreme is the deficit chart posted, all of it came via a Democratic Blue held Congress....... and they want to blame Bush.
The 110th Congress (2007-2009) had a split in the Senate, not counting the Independents that swung blue 49/49 and a Blue House 233/198
111th Congress(2009-2011) nearly a Super Majority held by Dems, Senate held 51/47, House 256/178 ..
Compare those terms with the jumps in the charts.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0774721.html
HAHAHAHAHA you idiot you just proved my point.
Bush budget Requested revenue 2.7 trillion
Bush Budget enacted Revenue 2.1 trillion
Total expenditures Requested 3.1 trillion
Total expenditures enacted 3.6 trillion
Deficit Requested 407 billion
Deficit enacted 1.4 trillion
WHERE DO YOU THINK THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHAT IS "REQUESTED" AND WHAT IS "ENACTED" IS COMING FROM WHEN THE REAL BUDGET IS DRAWN UP AND PASSED BY CONGRESS BASED ON BUSH'S REQUESTS?!?!!
Looks like a 1 trillion dollar hole was blown in bush's request, when congress and the senate actuallty put it on a bill and passed it, now who controlled both houses at the time?
Fact of the matter is Bush was a shithead for not vetoing it, but the ones who drew up all that new spending were democrats.
Bush budget Requested revenue 2.7 trillion
Bush Budget enacted Revenue 2.1 trillion
Total expenditures Requested 3.1 trillion
Total expenditures enacted 3.6 trillion
Deficit Requested 407 billion
Deficit enacted 1.4 trillion
WHERE DO YOU THINK THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHAT IS "REQUESTED" AND WHAT IS "ENACTED" IS COMING FROM WHEN THE REAL BUDGET IS DRAWN UP AND PASSED BY CONGRESS BASED ON BUSH'S REQUESTS?!?!!
Looks like a 1 trillion dollar hole was blown in bush's request, when congress and the senate actuallty put it on a bill and passed it, now who controlled both houses at the time?
Fact of the matter is Bush was a shithead for not vetoing it, but the ones who drew up all that new spending were democrats.
Quote from AK Forty Seven:
Another source Maxipad, Max Pi,Steelers baby,Hello,multiple current sock puppet accounts etc
Deficit
With projected receipts less than projected outlays, the budget proposed by President Bush predicts a net deficit of approximately $400 billion dollars, adding to a United States governmental debt of about $11.4 trillion. Actual tax receipts totaled approximately $2.1 trillion - significantly less than the $2.7 trillion expected. The actual deficit in 2009 was $1.4 trillion.