Comments (24) Jump to Comments Form

1. 

   cjkinsey said, 5 months ago

   Anandy- it is exhausting but also amazing how easily you are fooled.

   Yes Obama’s budget deficit is triple that of Bush, but only because Bush never budgeted for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and paid for them later in “emergency” spending bills.

   Bush still ran the same deficit, just not in his budget numbers. This resulted in 5-6T in debt.

2. 

   Copperdomebodhi said, 5 months ago

   Dems triple the deficit? Carter cut it in half. Clinton wiped it out all together. And as CJKinsey pointed out, most of the recent rise is because Obama is more honest than Dubya was.

   This is why Republicans are so free about handing out no-oversight contracts, tax cuts and loopholes to their buddies. They trash the economy every time, because they know they can count on Dems to clean up their mess.

3. 

   Buzzy-One said, 5 months ago

   This sounds like the old Veep Chaney … “bring on the deficit!”

4. 

   HOWGOZIT said, 5 months ago

   Clinton did no such thing copperdome and Carter–hahahahahah

5. 

   motivemagus said, 5 months ago

   The data are against you, ANandy. And even a significant chunk of Obama’s budget was required by Bush’s leftover debt and two failing wars, not to mention the no-strings bank bailout.

6. 

   Madman2001 said, 5 months ago

   The best arrangement was when Clinton was president and the Republicans were in charge of Congress. We had balanced budgets and peace.

   It seems when one party - whether the Dems or Republicans - own both the Presidency and Congress they run amok paying off their special interests.

   Sigh

7. 

   DrCanuck said, 5 months ago

   You have a point, Mad’. Balance is good.

8. 

   lalas said, 5 months ago

   Howgozit –
   RE: Clinton – read it and weep:
   http://scienceblogs.com/transcript/deficit.jpg

   The Carter part stands.

9. 

   GNWachs said, 5 months ago

   The non partisan CBO wrote a report as Bush was leaving office that his deficit was $1.1T. In May they wrote that the Obama budget had a deficit of $1.86T. In addition much of the Bush spending in November/December was made in cooperation with Obama.

   That does NOT count Obama’s proposed health care expenditures. It does not count his environment expenditures.

   Your logic compares to excusing the baseball players who used anabolic steroids to Babe Ruth and his alcohol consumption. They both did it.

10. 

    dtroutma said, 5 months ago

    The other “Republican” secret since Reagan is just don’t list most of your spending in the budget, like the “black box” (secret) portion of “defense” that basically doubles, or even triples, the actual amount being spent-mostly to contractors. Andy and Howies reliance on “Limbaughnomics” is a hopeless mystery math.

11. 

    HOWGOZIT said, 5 months ago

    lalas–it was Congress, not Clinton that balanced the budget. No weeping necessary

12. 

    HOWGOZIT said, 5 months ago

    trout–you would be dangerous if it were not for your tunnel vision.

13. 

    Tigger said, 5 months ago

    Andy, The Republicans turned a ‘Projected’ Surplus into a realized deficit in just one Month in 2001, Yet you are okay with this action.
    Andy, you are messed up. You cried when anyone criticized Bush about anything, now you call Obama Bozo. Wow! You are a Hypocrite to the Max.

    True point Madman Reagan was kept in Check by a Democrat Controlled Congress.

14. 

    lalas said, 5 months ago

    Howie – who signed those budgets?

15. 

    HOWGOZIT said, 5 months ago

    Clinton with an “X”

16. 

    Dale Hopson said, 5 months ago

    Reagan with a “Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz”

17. 

    senorbullwinkle said, 5 months ago

    HEY, CLINTON shut down the government 3 times, before congress gave him one he could sign.
    .
    AND are we not using BUSHS’ budget until October ?

18. 

    senorbullwinkle said, 5 months ago

    HEY, HOWDY DOODEE, READ THIS AND WEEP.

    . http://www.cnn.com/US/9511/debt_limit/11-14/transcripts/clinton.html

19. 

    HOWGOZIT said, 5 months ago

    Oh yes senor–cnn–the clinton news network

20. 

    David said, 5 months ago

    Oh give me a break. When Republicans are in power this role reverses automatically.

    So tomorrow will I see more of the pot calling the kettle black?

21. 

    nomad2112 said, 5 months ago

    That’s funny, I remember eight years of jackasses whining about Republican deficits. Talk about double standards …

22. 

    Copperdomebodhi said, 5 months ago

    Nomad: No double-standard here.

    Basic economics says you cut the deficit in good times. That way, you have breathing room in bad times to boost the economy with extra spending. When things were better, the Republicans rammed the deficit as high as they could. They called it the “starve the beast” plan. (“I need to lose weight, so I’m going to stuff myself with pizza and burgers until I just have to go on a diet!”)

    Now that the whole deregulatory house-of-cards has crumbled, Obama can pay off higher deficits later, or he can let the economy go down the toilet. He’s being much more honest about it than Bush and Cheney ever were.

23. 

    Nurb said, 5 months ago

    Here’s all you need to know about presidencial deficits in the past few decades or so

    http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4599/budgetdeficitorsurplus.gif

24. 

    senorbullwinkle said, 5 months ago

    NOMAD, yes you are ! MAD is a state of insanity, and YES you are, yesmad .When the shrub took over we had no deficit, in FACT the shrub said he had to give back the extra money. So maybe you got your $50 bucks. So WTF are you talking about ?
    So go back to your crayons, and let the grown ups talks.