I agree. It’s murky.
Bush signed TARP but he didn’t modify it to save GM and Chrysler the way Obama did. I put that spending mostly on Bush but with an asterisk.
Bush signed a continuing resolution lasting until March of ‘09 that did include increases in discretionary spending although Obama signed off on the rest of ‘09 that doubled down on what Bush signed.
I do think the loss of revenue from 2008 to 2009 can be ascribed to Bush as that correlates best with the stock market on December 31st and Obama wasn’t even in office yet.
The stimulus is, of course, all Obama’s doing.
While I have no doubt Bush loves this country, he created this monster for massive spending, and he created the TSA, PATRIOT Act, etc. He over reacted to 9/11 and to the banking issue.