Well, there was more money spent during his term, but Congress actually spends the money. He didn't carp about it. And he was certainly right in there pitching.
On average, I think we ran up the debt about $500 billion plus each year of Bush's term. Ouch!
I have to agree with most of that article. There are some parts I don't agree with it on, like the Iraq war.
As I recall, the justification for the U.S. invasion of Iraq was to enforce compliance with UN inspections for "weapons of mass destruction." Turns out there weren't any, or at least, none of any significance--I do remember the reports that some yellowcake uranium was found, as were a couple of minor leftovers that had not been destroyed after the first Gulf War.
Right now, the justification--the purpose--for the ongoing conflict in Iraq. I, for one, can not continue to support an armed conflict whose purpose keeps changing after the fact or whose purpose is vague and ill-defined.
That said, I do believe that the conflict in Afghanistan was unquestionably legitimate but terribly mismanaged.