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Politics : President Barack Obama

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To: RetiredNow who wrote (114734)6/4/2012 2:06:58 PM
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>> However, a lot of that increase was already baked in by the absolute profligacy of Bush Junior.

So, did all that Bush "profligacy" happen in the last three months of his presidency? Because Bush, as you can see below, never produced anything remotely approaching the trillion dollar plus deficits that are routine under Barack Obama.

This argument that "Bush profligacy" caused the problem is just nonsense. Bush could have done better, but the idea that Bush spending caused all these Obama deficits is just ridiculous. As anyone can clearly see by looking at the graph below:

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