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To: zax who wrote (857230)5/15/2015 11:48:40 AM
From: TimF  Respond to of 1578038
 
Just what we need - another Bush.

Not ideal, but better than another Obama.

or foist another unnecessary war and 20T in debt upon our grandchildren

Less new debt under Bush then under Obama.

As for economic growth, I don't think either president is primarily responsible for the numbers, but

US GDP (Inflation adjusted)
multpl.com

Dec 31, 2001
12.71 trillion

Dec 31, 2008
14.58 trillion

14.7 percent increase

Mar 31, 2015
16.30 trillion

11.7 percent increase of Obama

To be fair that's 96 months for Bush and only 75 months for Obama. Adjust for that and the growth for each is about equal.