What did Bush do that Obama couldnāt? Neither one of them ever balanced a budget, nor did either of them shrink the deficit.But they did get a beget past which something that Obama has NOT been able to do, I know there are people out there that would jump off a cliff before they would admit that Bash (or any Repubican, starting with Lincon) could do anything right.
Bush was able to NOT attack religious freedom for one.
You have a point there.
One could argue otherwise.
In this regard, the only fiscally responsible president was GWHBush. Once Kuwait stopped payments for the Gulf War, he withdrew troops. Even at this, he had to raise taxes to try to balance the budget. Of course, this became an unpopular move and he was defeated in 1992.
But at least he didnāt have his Vice-President go on spouting āDeficits donāt matterā to justify his budgets.He did have to put up with the other party, unlike Mr. I Am Rumming for President of the World who could not get a budget, balanced or not, for at least three years running WITH his own party in power.
This is what the Republican governors were saying as they were happily collecting that stimulus for their states.
Ok no one is NOT going to take free money.
But Obama promised hope and change. He promised bills would be on the internet for Americans to view. He promised transparency. He sold America that these deficits were bad for us. etcā¦
Bush the elder did not want the war to cross into Iraq. Some argue he should have.
Yea. I know. They should have let it happen.
Let me see now, it took Bush EIGHT years to double the national debt; it took Obama THREE years double it againl That is half a trillion a year (Bush) v. just over a trillion a year (Obama). So, who was the clouser to not over spendting? I do not think you are dumb enough to close ranks behind your āgreat leaterā to say Obama.
Let me see now, it took Bush EIGHT years to double the national debt; it took Obama THREE years double it againl That is half a trillion a year (Bush) v. just over a trillion a year (Obama). So, who was the clouser to not over spendting? I do not think you are dumb enough to close ranks behind your āgreat leaterā to say Obama.
I love how this gets ignored.Iād typically be inclined to agree with you. Ideally poor business decisions should lead to business failures. Unfortunately due to the severity of āoverā deregulation during the proceeding years, the economic models universally acknowledged a domino effect fiscal collapse and global Great Depression of unimaginable proportions. While Iād heavily advocate that drastic mistakes were made with the bailouts, they were needed to advert the aforementioned catastrophe. Thereās been a few interesting essays about the one of the principal architects of that model and corresponding bailout, he left the industry soon after out of disgust. As both government and corporate officials who acknowledged, voted on, or assisted with the bailout behind closed doors all reverted back to political rhetoric in public so soon after went through.
Who is my āgreat leaderā? Iāll give you a challenge: find anyplace on these boards where I have praised Obama.Let me see now, it took Bush EIGHT years to double the national debt; it took Obama THREE years double it againl That is half a trillion a year (Bush) v. just over a trillion a year (Obama). So, who was the clouser to not over spendting? I do not think you are dumb enough to close ranks behind your āgreat leaterā to say Obama.
Another view would be that it took only eight years of Republican fiscal and legislative irresponsibility under the Bush administration to absolutely devastate our economy and place the entire world at risk of fiscal collapse and create the second Great Depression.Let me see now, it took Bush EIGHT years to double the national debt; it took Obama THREE years double it againl That is half a trillion a year (Bush) v. just over a trillion a year (Obama). So, who was the clouser to not over spendting? I do not think you are dumb enough to close ranks behind your āgreat leaterā to say Obama.
Focus on the end of the Clinton administration.
Iād be inclined to agree, many of the underlying issues do stem from there. Unfortunately during Bushās two terms in office he not only ignored them, but greatly compounded them.
