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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (623827)	8/10/2011 4:40:44 PM
From: Don Hurst	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 1578097

>>" Don is of the opinion, though, that the increase in the budget under Obama was completely the result of putting the wars on the budget "<< No, I was not "of the opinion"...I just knew your post was BS and stated so... Clearly the necessary Stimulus increased our spend but it did reverse the nearly MINUS 9% GDP disaster and the sudden 3/4 million job loss numbers. The Stimulus should have been bigger but because we were already in such financial ditch Congress was queasy and guess what, we are now going to do UK type austerity. OHMIGOSH

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (623827)	8/10/2011 6:34:51 PM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1578097

Don is of the opinion, though, that the increase in the budget under Obama was completely the result of putting the wars on the budget. That's complete B.S. Without searching for a precise number, I will estimate that it accounted for around $100B/year...the stimulus added another $300B/yr....much of the rest was already baked in the 2009 budget that bush put together. Al