Hello Again...

Time for the semi-scheduled comparison of massive deficit growth under the 'best' and 'runner up' Presidents in American history!!!

President Bush				President Obama
Year	Deficit			Year	Deficit
2001/02/01 - 2001/09/30	$ -53,129			2009/02/01 - 2009/09/30	$ 1,019,780
2002/09/30	$ 158,520			2010/09/30	$ 1,294,204
2003/09/30	$ 374,219			2011/09/30	$ 1,298,614
2004/09/30	$ 412,553			2012/05/31	$  844,494
2005/09/30	$ 318,615			2013/09/30
2006/09/30	$ 247,698			2014/09/30
2007/09/30	$ 162,833			2015/09/30
2008/09/30	$ 454,806			2016/09/30
2008/10/01 - 2009/02/01	$ 395,943			2016/10/01 - 2017/02/01
Totals:	$ 2,472,058			Totals:	$ 4,457,092

Wow, folks, those are big numbers!!!

Again, for those on the Left, I DO NOT use budget numbers - which has been impossible over President Obama's Presidency because no budget has been passed.  I use actual spending numbers from the Monthly Treasury Statement.  Those numbers include the war costs for both Deficit Finalists!!!

Anyway, there recently has been some goober who claims that President Bush is responsible for the massive growth in government in FY2009.  This chap even includes stuff Bush refused to sign!!!  That is quite some scholarship there bubba.

But, lets be kinda dumb about it and figure that Bush would have funded all of Obama's initiative for FY2009.  Even given that, Obama still leads Bush by a little less than $1 Billion.  And, Obama has accomplished that feat in less than a single term.  Bush is a piker!!!