Krugman admits it: Pres. Obama was right & he was wrong. (Good move, Paul)

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48. Yes, their premise is off

but it is a fact that the 2009 budget was 20 percent higher than 2008 with both Bush and Obama spending to combat the recession most attributed to Bush but some to Obama however, the point is that every year since the Senate has only passed a CR of that budget with small increases according to them that is where you get the talking point about Obama spending increases being so low simply because there hasn't been a new budget since 2009.

They claim a budget will have to somehow show spending restraint and with trillion dollar deficits they say it is perfect time to put the Democrats on record and accountable for that deficit.

I said to them that the deficit is largely money from the war that Bush put on a credit card and only Obama counted in the budget but they say B.S. because if it was true Obama ended the Iraq war in 2010 so where is the 2 years of war savings when deficits have not been decreased and still land over a trillion per year.

They also point to last years budget that Obama got no votes from any Democrats in House of Senate to support his budget.

I don't know enough to counter a lot of what they say but I am telling you they are celebrating this move because they believe it puts the Democrats in a tough position to either justify spending levels of nearly 4 trillion per year or address the spending..