For the gazillionth time, near the end of Bush’s presidency, the deficit was in the $200 to $300 billion/year range *and dropping*, UNTIL we got to the budgets put in place by Reid and Pelosi (FY 2007) after they took over in the election of 2006.
Bush deserves some of the blame for signing the damn things, but trillion dollar budget deficits were a donkeycrat creation, starting with the gross overspending in FY 2007, continuing through Porkulus, and perpetuated in continuing resolutions through most of Oloser’s tenure.
After the slowest recovery on record, yes, the economy has started to pick up, mostly due to exploitation of domestic energy sources, carried out by private industry (yes, they did build that) despite continual roadblocks set in their way by the regime and their enviro-loonie allies.
“Bush deserves some of the blame for signing the damn things,”
Bush deserves 100% of the blame for inheriting a balanced budget and then doubling the federal deficit on his watch. He had a veto pen and didn’t use it. He can’t even say he tried. The Republican Congress led by Hastert and Frist was spending freely, setting the tone for the reckless spending to follow. Bush could and should have reigned them in with vetoes but chose not to.
Reid and Pelosi merely built on what had already been created. Somehow I don’t recall any budget veto showdowns during the two years Reid and Pelosi controlled Congress.
History demonstrates George W. Bush was a big spending, big government president. Actions speak louder than words. Bush’s behavior was no different than any free spending Democrat.