No leader in the history of this PLANET has ....

[Blarch]

created more debt for their country than Bush has.

Bush inherited a national debt of about 5.6 trillion. He leaves office with a debt of 10.6 trillion.

This should be his legacy. The biggest spender the planet has ever seen.

Take a bow George.

[jobycom]

1. Yeah, but he spent that money wisely, and built the greatest nation on Earth.

Or, wait, am I thinking of FDR...

[cyberpj]

2. Yeah but he and his pals got the biggest chunk of it so he did good -

for them.

And that's all he cares about.

[firedupdem]

3. He kept us safe...after that one time......

why do you hate America? :crazy:

[lame54]

4. Are the Clinton years flipping us off?...

that's more Bush's style

[AtomicKitten]

5. This purposeful systematic gutting of the economy was meant to mortally wound "entitlement" programs

[Blarch]

6. I agree, 100%

This wasn't a failure in Bush's eyes

[AtomicKitten]

7. The bank bail-out was a textbook free-for-all with no accountability - GOP style.

IMO the Republicans should sit down and STFU. But, noooooo. Expect to hear the word deficit dragged out of mothballs and hammered as if the GOP ever gave a crap. It's just a cudgel, a hypocritical cudgel.

[Horselover Fat]

8. don't forget killing the Unions. that was a goal as well.

[AtomicKitten]

9. Oh, yes. There's that bonus asshole move too.

There's a cartoon that I can't locate right now that depicts an elephant whispering into Uncle Sam's ear pointing to the auto worker in a line-up as the reason the auto makers failed.

[totodeinhere]

10. You are correct. Shrub and his cronies are not stupid.

They are evil but they are not stupid. They knew exactly what they were doing.

[AtomicKitten]

11. Yep, it's their high-five to the GOP's theory of trickle down economics.

[TheKentuckian]

12. Yup, that way government has no ability to do anything and

fascism can take root good and proper as they have been trying to do for the last hundred years or so.

[Balderdash]

13. Interesting chart

Looks like from 1992 to 2000 we had a surplus. I do believe that was when
there was a Democrat in office.

[stevietheman]

14. All that spending, without health care access for all. What a waste! n/t

n/t

[stillcool]

15. and he's not done yet...

Costs of the war

-- $435 million: Cost of Iraq war each day.

-- $526 billion: Cost of combat operations to date.

-- $1.2 trillion to $1.7 trillion: Estimated Afghanistan and Iraq combat costs through 2017.

-- $590 billion: Future costs of disability benefits and health care for Iraq war veterans.

-- $615 billion: Cost of interest on money borrowed to pay for the war.

-- $280 billion: Cost of replacing equipment and restoring U.S. military to prewar strength.

-- $16,500: Cost of the war to each U.S. family of four from 2003-2008.

-- $36,900: Cost of the war to each family if the war continues for 10 years.

-- $274 billion: Cost of increased oil prices related to the Iraq war, 2003-2008.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/17/MNBVVL9GK.DTL

[Clio the Leo]

16. The money should be taken out of HIS paycheck. :-) NT