o'blamegame - Problems Left By Bush

From: jpl Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010

This is a great lesson to understand as we enter the fall elections.  Politicians on both sides have a way of making things sound good, and even though true, are very misleading.  Progressives are killing this country, and we need to change course, but let's make sure we are dealing with a full deck.  Don't believe everything you hear.  Check it out before making up your mind.  We will be deciding this country's financial future............

BUSH           OBAMA

The  Washington Post babbled again .. about Obama inheriting a huge deficit from Bush. Amazingly enough, a lot of people swallow this nonsense. So once more, a short civics       lesson ... Budgets do not come from the White House.  They come from Congress, and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democrat Party.  They controlled the budget process for FY 2008 and FY 2009, as well as FY 2010 and FY 2011.  In that first year (2007), they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.      For FY 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office.  At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the FY 2009 budgets. And where was Barack Obama during this time?  He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete FY 2009.  Let's remember what the deficits looked like during that period.

     If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the FY 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets.  That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending.  After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.  If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself.
     In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th.
Never Forget That:

    If not for the Great U.S.A. , there would be no free country on Earth.   In the morning, when you swing out of bed and your feet hit the floor, look down with the realization that you are standing on the freest land on Earth and accept your responsibilities to keep America free.  GOD BLESS AMERICA!

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