Regardless, of whether or not Obama spent more than Dubya, Dubya did spend too much domestically.
The problem with Jeb is that I don’t think he would be any different.
George W. Bush was leading the charge to spend on stuff hardly any pubbie, let alone conservative, wanted.
Overly generous and unaccountable to NYC for 9/11 ($20B, iirc), letting Kennedy write the education bill, additional bennies tacked on to an already strained Medicare, etc.
Even Limbaugh was frustrated at the proliferate spending by Bush43, and the accompanying encouragement of Congress to let go of what little spending constraints they use to consider.