"... funny how you liberals always blame Bush even 5 years later."

[Samantha]

24. Where do those who do not still blame Bush* think that deficit came from

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It came from eight years of the Bush* residency in the Oval Office. When Bush* started occupying the Oval Office in 2001, he looked at the projected surpluses we would realize from the Clinton years. At that point, he decided to give huge tax cuts to his wealthy friends who had put him in the Oval Office. When the Federal Government is running surpluses, obviously it is overtaxing -- so the GOP believes. Thus Bush* spent those surpluses before the money was actually in Uncle Sam's hand. Then 911. Then Afghanistan. Then Iraq. Also throw in a gift to the pharmaceutical companies deceptively wrapped under the Social Security umbrella and not paid for by Uncle Sam. And don't forget the other factor, he crashed the economy which cratered in 2008.

Other than those items, I don't understand why people blame Bush today either.

Sam