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To: RetiredNow who wrote (15676)	3/29/2010 9:55:13 AM
From: Eric	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

Yes, Shall we say... an "inconvenient truth". Bush set us on a trajectory of massive deficits many years ago.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (15676)	3/29/2010 10:03:40 AM
From: i-node	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Then, how do you account for Obama's 10 trillion in new deficits projected for the next 10 years (which actually understate it by a few trillion now that health care reform has passed)? The Bush tax cuts increased federal revenue; they did NOT decrease it. I'm not sure why you guys can't figure that out. And the TARP money Bush spent -- the first 350B -- has been largely repaid. It was the Obama TARP money that isn't getting repaid. Don't believe everything you read on liberal websites, dufus.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (15676)	3/29/2010 12:35:47 PM
From: Alighieri	4 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 42652

Is it? Obama's 2009 deficit was $1.3 trillion. That by the way was bush's budget passed in October of 2008... You didn't mention that when bush took office, he inherited a 200B surplus and a CBO 10 year projection of $5B. When he left office, he had erased the $5B credit and added $5 more to the national debt, doubling it in just 8 years, and leaving behind fiscal and economic devastation with which Obama is having to deal. These cats want to re-write history. Al