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Please. Bush didn't threaten vetos of profligate Republican spending either. He doubled the national debt from about $5 trillion to $10 trillion, and it didn't

Please. Bush didn't threaten vetos of profligate Republican spending either. He doubled the national debt from about $5 trillion to $10 trillion, and it didn't all happen in the two years after 2006. Really, you need to grapple with this reality. Two wars paid for off-budget, a medicare drug benefit that they made no attempt to pay for and thus went straight to the deficit, and tax cuts.

anamax 16y ago
> Please. Bush didn't threaten vetos of profligate Republican spending either. I didn't intend to suggest that he did. > He doubled the national debt from about $5 trillion to $10 trillion, and it didn't all happen in the two years after 2006. You're right - it didn't. The deficit went up, to a peak of around $600B, after 9/11 and the prescription drug monstrosity, but had dropped to $100B when repubs lost congress. That six years, plus the 2 years of a Dem congress, added $5T to the debt. Obama is on schedule to add $5T in four years.... Yes "profligate Republican spending" was horrible. My point is that Dems have been worse.