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Originally Posted by jarcher
Yes, that was bad. I opposed that too. Of course, somehow the fact that Bush gave away 750 B is supposed to be a defense or a justification that Obama is looking to spend, what, 3.6 TRILLION!
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Uh, I hate to inform you of the difference, but....
The 750 BILLION was an emergency expense on top of Bush's 3.0 TRILLION dollar budget for his last year in office. There were also other emergency bills for the war (Bush DID NOT put these in the budget)...and also more debt (same as spending). Add those up....and that do you get?
The 3.5 Trillion dollar YEARLY budget for the government this year DOES include the cost of wars (again, BUSH would not do that), and also includes major stimulus for the economy.
Maybe you can explain the difference between
3.0 Trillion plus 750 billion plus War Emergency and debt
and
3.5 Trillion.
The point is simply this. If you were not crying out to impeach Bush for his "crimes" of spending too much, it falls on deaf ears to cry now. There is no one of sound mind who doubts that Bush and his friends got us into this mess. Now there are folks trying to get us out. Are they doing everything right? No way. We really don't know, since this is all uncharted territory. But you should CHEER the fact that Obama wants to put the ridiculous amount of money ABOVE BOARD because at least you know what it is and can make a better decision as to the future.
If I give you things and don't tell you what the cost is when the bill is coming later, I do you no favors.
Make no mistake, the Federal Budget is out of control. There are numerous reasons for this, but a good layman's guide would be as such.....
Reasons we are broke:
1. Military and Security Spending
a vast portion of the budget when all is figured in
2. Medical Costs
medicare and other programs which are subject to the same high costs as our health care - are breaking the government.
So, if you want to solve our budget problems in the long run, get out of Iraq and get smarter about wars (especially those for no reason), and fix the Health Care system FOR GOOD.
Oh, wait - Obama is doing just that! Listen closely. He gets it.
Or, just complain and think that money floats down from the heavens. Criticize everything and impeach the one guy who is trying to fix it. Replace him with Bush III. Then you will get what you want...total and utter destruction.