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Segami

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2. "....The truth is that Bush cut taxes for the rich and increased spending tremendously...

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Mon Oct 28, 2013, 11:05 PM

Oct 2013

...Dick Cheney knew what they were doing and they didn’t care. They ran up the tab like drunken frat boys with daddy’s credit card. In fact, “Bush was the only American president to fail to increase taxes to pay for a foreign war launched on his watch.” No problem, because they just stuck Obama with the bill and then spent the next five years concern trolling the deficit they created and blaming Obama for it.

Estimates come in at $3.7 trillion and counting for the wars, when factoring in the long-term costs of caring for the wounded and the families of those killed. Some estimates are as high as $4.4 trillion...."

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Jake Tapper BUSTS Dick Cheney on His ‘DEFICITS DON'T MATTER’ Comment [View all] Segami Oct 2013 OP

Shorter Cheney: "Deficits matter only when Republicans aren't in office." ( n/t ) Make7 Oct 2013 #1

+1 KeepItReal Oct 2013 #6

Accurate. n/t Bolo Boffin Oct 2013 #13

Exactly. Well said...nt Enthusiast Oct 2013 #14

"....The truth is that Bush cut taxes for the rich and increased spending tremendously... Segami Oct 2013 #2

That is what Republicans always do, and then they blame the next Democratic president Samantha Oct 2013 #8

LIAR LIAR spanone Oct 2013 #3

Running a surplus at the time? BeyondGeography Oct 2013 #4

Yeah they were running surpluses of cocaine across the border and past the SS. cui bono Oct 2013 #5

LOL! Segami Oct 2013 #7

Glad you liked it! cui bono Oct 2013 #10

How come Iwillnevergiveup Oct 2013 #9

Yeah, I was thinking "where has Cheney been" just last month... tofuandbeer Oct 2013 #12

Important to note, Cheney claims surpluses during Bush years and $T deficits now ffr Oct 2013 #11

He should have died in a prison cell by now.......nt Enthusiast Oct 2013 #15

What surpluses? JHB Oct 2013 #16

K & R Scurrilous Oct 2013 #17