You blame the Democrats. Unfortunately, all the GOP spending under Bush — including trillion dollar wars — created massive pre-Obama deficits and gave the Democrats their talking points that we need more taxes. Obama is a bigger spendthrift than Bush, but Bush and the GOP did a lot of damage on their own. I can no longer join in posts that pin the blame on Democrats exclusively. All of the Washington Establishment is at fault - and so is the conservative movement that believes there’s such a thing as a “free war.”
Hmm. You're not really from around here, are you.
I concede that during the Bush era spending went up sharply ($1.8T in 2001 to $3T in 2008)and both parties are at fault. But your suggestion that Obama is a spindthrift is not true. There weren’t pre-massive deficits either, especially compared to today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CBO_-_Revenues_and_Outlays_as_percent_GDP.png
