- Republican Congress from 1995 - 2006: $1.6 trillion budget deficit.
- Democratic Congress from 2007 - 2009: over $1.7 trillion budget deficit.
Looks to me like the Republicans are being made to look very frugal by the Democrats.
To a certain extend yes but let’s not kid ourselves here, Bush has been a disaster for this country. A little bit of leadership would have gone a long way. The mess we are in today stems from his failures on finance and policy.