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C'mon, the Debt and spending that everyone is going apeshit over is the DIRECT result of the previous 8 years under GW Bush



I disagree. The "big" spending chunk for economic recovery is TARP, that was debited against Bush (TARP is a Bush program). Obama's spending is in other areas, not economic recovery (UAW bailout at GM and Chrysler, etc). Even the few economic programs Obama has done that were actually effective proved to have too much cost/benefit for even Obama to continue (cash-for-clunkers, etc). Most of the deficit spending was entirely Obama's choice to not try to match spending to revenues.

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, a president whom in 2001 inherited a SURPLUS budget that could have been balanced in perpetuity at that time if he had fucking done the right thing(s).



Nonsense. The surplus was illusory, entirely the result of the Bubble-fueled tax receipts. There was never any chance it could be sustained for long as the first recession that came along would put an end to it ... which is exactly what happened a couple of months after Bush jr took office. The loss of that surplus is the one thing Bush jr *can't* be blamed for.

It's worth noting that in one year Obama has run up the deficit about 1/3 of Bush jr's, and jr's is heavily weighed down by the recession spending in 2008.

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How anyone can be outraged at Obama is beyond me, at least at this point...


Were you unemployed and unable to pay bills I think you'd completely understand why Brown was elected. Obama's sole priority has been the health-care bill: in nearly everything else - wars, domestic spying, economy - he's been content to carry over Bush jr era policies and programs.

When you're unemployed the _last_ thing you need is a law requiring you to spend $10k/year on insurance or pay a big fine. This seems not have occurred to anyone in Washington.
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