By Floyd Brown,Expose Obama
All these deficits? We blame Bush
“By the time I took office,we had a one-year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade,” Obama said in his State of the Union speech.
“The Bush administration’s swing from surpluses to deficits added more debt in its eight years than all the previous administrations in the history of our republic combined,” David Axelrod,a senior strategist for Obama,wrote in The Washington Post.
The theme is clear. According to the Obama Administration deficits as far as the eye can see are the fault of one man:George W. Bush. They relentlessly push this message from the Obama White House. Let’s do a little fact checking.
First it is important to understand that an Administration only suggests a budget. Under our form of government,Congress is actually in charge of appropriating money. Hence,you have a mad scramble every two years,when committee assignments are passed out with Members of Congress elbowing each other to get a seat on the aptly named “Committee on Appropriations”.
As the party that controlled Congress since January 2007,it is the Democrats that have held all the cards in the budget debate. They essentially wrote the budgets for FY 2008,FY 2009,as well as FY 2010 and FY 2011. Oh,and if we need to remind him,Barack Obama served in these Democratic majorities,so he cannot feign ignorance of the process.
George W. Bush’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during those years were constantly in conflict with the appropriators over spending too much money.
In FY 2009,Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid actually bypassed Bush entirely,passing only continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. Then once Obama was safely in office they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the FY 2009 budgets.
So what did the deficits look like during the time period Congress was controlled by the Democrats? In the FY 2007 budget,the last of the budgets written by Republicans the deficit was the lowest in the last five years,and it was the fourth straight decline in deficit spending.
Once Democrats in Congress took control,the budgets and deficits exploded.
The budget just unveiled by Obama’s team is so large and so out of control,he should be embarrassed to compare it to any of the Bush budgets.
In a nutshell,the deficit will surge to a record-breaking $1.56 trillion. This tops the last shocking $1.41 trillion in red ink. And as Karl Rove pointed out in the Wall Street Journal,when measured against economic output,Obama looks even worse. “Mr. Bush’s deficits ran an average of 3.2 percent of GDP,slightly above the post-World War Two average of 2.7 percent. Mr. Obama’s plan calls for deficits that will average 4.2 percent over the next decade,” Rove wrote.
The deficit will remain above $1 trillion,even in 2011 when Obama’s so-called “budget freeze” begins. This is because in an Obama freeze spending in a multitude of programs actually goes up.
So the next time you hear the Whiner-in-Chief complain about his predecessor,remember the Congress that appropriated the funds were the Congresses in which he served in the majority.
So who inherited what?
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN DECISIONS!!! What example is Obama sending to our children to blame it on others rather than to solve the problems? Quit spending our money. Quit pushing your socialism on us. Follow the Consitution you swore to uphold. Be honest. Have integrity. Have values. Guess that's too much to expect from someone that spent Christmas,the most sacred Christian day,on the golf course. Or from someone that voted to murder babies. I pray to God every night that this man's power be reduced before he takes this country to a place where none of us sane people want it to go. And regarding Rahm Emanuel's current F…ing retard comment. Are you for real? You are representing this country? Shame on you. If anyone is a little slow,that would be you and Obama not getting the message the American people are trying to project to you.
Obama and Rahm do get it…they just don`t care anymore what we think or what we want for our country. They don`t even try to hide it anymore! They are taking us to a very dark place of no return. Obama needs to be removed asap. Then Pelosi,Reid,Frank,Kerry,…on and on..
To quote Charles Krauthammer,"The statute of limitations for 'blame Bush'has passed. It's time for Mr. Obama to take responsibility for his administration's shortfalls."
IMPEACH OBAMA IN 2010 he's a poor excuse for a President.
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obama will not get by with blaming President Bush time for you obama to take it it on your own you own it until you are impeached which is very soon
Obama lies all the time. I think Bush had it worse then Obama. At the beginning of Bush's first term there was no 9/11,Katrina,2 Wars. Now Obama has no Katrina,no 9/11 attacks and only 1 War from what I understand the War in Iraq is over? So the only people Obama is fooling are the uninformed and the fools that fell for his BS in the first place. I know,I know they are one in the same lol.
Faith HOPE,from your mouth to GOD's Ears!!! It can't happen too soon for me. We truly cannot wait,cause the way Nancy and Harry spend money,We will all be broke before 2012. And our POTUS is a liar. He will never accept the blame.
I am listening to Obama as I write this. I am not hearing any new solutions,just more of the same. If I could feel confident that Obama understood most of what he is talking about,I would listen with an open mind,but the blame game will never end until Obama and the Liberals are out of office,it is their stock in trade. Nancy Pelosi's saying that the two million dollars spent carting her and her family and friends back and forth from San Francisco to Washington this past two years was "in line with former House Speakers"is another Liberal lie that should soothe those unemployed and the individuals who have lost their homes. Don't forget the one hundred thousand dollars to feed and furnish party perks to her guests during that same period. Did you ever notice how many people tell you to cinch your belt and do without while they still live high on the proverbial hog? It is too bad the Liberal branch of my Party lacks a conscious!
I feel we the American people need to put a stop to her perks,she is no one special. Why should we tax payers continue to fund her partying? She can fly just like the rest of us do- pay her own way!
IMPEACH OBAMA IN 2010 he's a poor excuse for a President.
http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/
The people are finally waking up and smelling the coffee. I can only hope that it's not too late,and get this abomination under control.
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