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"The Fiscal year starts in October and is named after the year in which it ends. So the Fiscal year 2009 started in October 2008 and ended in September 2009. Bush was responsible for TARP (he asked for it and signed it) and Obama was responsible for the Obama Stimulus (sort of, he just signed whatever Nancy put in front of him). Both laws applied to FY09."

Ok, now that's what I recall too, and the graph supports it.

"I don’t think people are arguing about what the graph says."

People maybe, stuborn parrots, OTOH -- FromTheSidelines has been squawking about the alignment of the Bush timeline on that damn graph all day long whilst refusing to acknowledge the fundamental reality that BOTH sides own this mess.

His assertion evidently rests upon the exclusion of W's TARP from the fiscal policy that obviously unfolded well into FY2009. Thank you for pointing out that error.

When it gets to 120%, it increases geometrically and the country ends.

The country doesn't end -- the monetary/economic facade self-destructs and gets rebooted as it has numerous times in the country's history. The country goes on -- as happened circa 1819 and 1857, for example.

Each iteration of the cycle visits its own peculiar challenges upon those encumbered with the responsibility of realigning the Republic to its cornerstone: "TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men".

FromTheSidelines has been ... refusing to acknowledge the fundamental reality that BOTH sides own this mess.

I have? Really? Can you point out where? Or would you like to retract that statement as well? Because I haven't done that - the first part of deciding who's responsible for what is first properly determining who DID what. That was the first step.

You can stick to your claim about what I said - but I'd like to see you quote it first, or admit your error...

His assertion evidently rests upon the exclusion of W's TARP from the fiscal policy that obviously unfolded well into FY2009. Thank you for pointing out that error.

No, it stems from President Bush not passing - nor even proposing what was ultimately passed - the FY2009 budget which the graph shows/claims.

Seems you're still wrong about a number of things, reading in what you want to see - not what is actually written.