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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (28295)	9/21/2012 12:30:07 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

*"the budget proposed by President Bush predicts a net* *deficit* of approximately $400 billion dollars ...." That was YOUR source. The deficit ballooned becuase of Democratic actions: President Obama Signs Final 2009 Omnibus Spending Bill, Increases Funds for Many Local Priorities By Conference Staff March 23, 2009 President Barack Obama signed into law March 11 a $410 billion omnibus spending bill that combined nine of the federal government’s 12 regular appropriations bill into a massive spending package to fund most federally assisted domestic programs for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2009, which ends on September 30. Last year, congressional leaders disagreed with President George W. Bush on spending levels for many domestic programs. Thinking their chances for increasing funding for these programs would be better in a new Administration, congressional leaders decided to delay action on the FY 2009 appropriations until after the November elections. .... usmayors.org You messed up when you challenged my factual post.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (28295)	9/21/2012 2:18:03 PM
From: research1234	2 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 85487

So to be clear, Bush left Obama with an annual structural deficit of $1.4T, due to the unfunded wars he started and the Bush tax cuts, and four years later the Reps claim that Obama increased the debt by either $16T or $5T depending on how outrageous their claim is. The Reps have sunk to a new low that is more than quite astonishing. And now they want to massively shrink the size of the government that they claim we we cannot afford due to their wars and tax policies. Wow!