“Yes I do. National debt includes entitlement programs the are ever expanding on their own. It’s hard to credit or discredit Bush for SS, Medicare, and Medicaid.”
He fought harder for amnesty than SS reform and he EXPANDED Medicare! So, yes.. I can discredit Bush for it.
“Bush spent about $1.8 trillion in budget deficit in his 8 years. Obama spent $1.4 trillion his first year. Big difference. “
Yes, but the defense that “the other guy did the evil thing worse” is a fallacy. A not-small chunk of this year’s deficit is the TARP that Bush signed and Obambi voted for.