Federal Defict Caused By George W. Bush

[Tom Jones]

Wrong. There was a surplus even without Social Security.

And don't use the term retarded with me, son.

Retard - to make slow, delay the progress, hinder or impede - your explainations are retarded, and that is because your learning ability is retarded.

Again, the surplus was with the budget, and it was a surplus because he robbed from Social Security to mask an actual deficit, which is partly why Bush tried to overhaul Social Security, and one of his wants was to prevent people like Clinton from robbing the Social Securiity trust fund again - but slow people didn't understand this, so nothing got done about it - Geez, one can only imagine what Obama is doing to help make the deficit seem less than it really is.

Anyway - there is a difference between a budget debt and a national debt -although Clinton masked the budget debt by robbing from Social Security, Clinton did leave a national debt, and this is what counts most with the people - you have shown many signs of not having the capacity to comprehend this, which is why your explainations are retarded.

 

[obvious Child]

Retard - to make slow, delay the progress, hinder or impede - your explainations are retarded, and that is because your learning ability is retarded.

Straight to the report button.

Again, the surplus was with the budget, and it was a surplus because he robbed from Social Security to mask an actual deficit, which is partly why Bush tried to overhaul Social Security, and one of his wants was to prevent people like Clinton from robbing the Social Securiity trust fund again

Never mind how Bush himself stole billions from it. But I can't expect a massive partisan like you to recognize that. :2wave:

I like how you claimed he "robbed" it without recognizing that every president for years before him did the same thing. So technically, you are correct that the Clinton surplus wasn't real because prior accumulated social security money was still a liability. But you are still an exceptionally large partisan.

Anyway - there is a difference between a budget debt and a national debt -although Clinton masked the budget debt by robbing from Social Security, Clinton did leave a national debt, and this is what counts most with the people - you have shown many signs of not having the capacity to comprehend this, which is why your explainations are retarded.

Still having problems figuring out what Linear Regression is eh? :2wave:

 

[misterman]

Retard - to make slow, delay the progress, hinder or impede - your explainations are retarded, and that is because your learning ability is retarded.

Don't use that one with me, son.

Again, the surplus was with the budget, and it was a surplus because he robbed from Social Security to mask an actual deficit,

Wrong.

Not in 2000.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/pdf/hist.pdf
Table 1.1

For the year 2000:

ON-budget (non-SS) income: $2,025,457 million
ON-budget (non-SS) outlays: $1,789,216 million
ON-budget (non-SS) SURPLUS: $236,241 million

You talk alot, and you throw childish insults around, but you don't know what you're talking about, and that says alot about you.

 

[American]

Don't use that one with me, son.



Wrong.

Not in 2000.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/pdf/hist.pdf
Table 1.1

For the year 2000:

ON-budget (non-SS) income: $2,025,457 million
ON-budget (non-SS) outlays: $1,789,216 million
ON-budget (non-SS) SURPLUS: $236,241 million

You talk alot, and you throw childish insults around, but you don't know what you're talking about, and that says alot about you.

Neither do you, but most of us have learned to ignore most of what you say.

 

[CaptainCourtesy]

Neither do you, but most of us have learned to ignore most of what you say.

Moderator's Warning:

Stop. Either add something to the debate or do not post on the thread.

 

[misterman]

Moderator's Warning:

Stop. Either add something to the debate or do not post on the thread.

Please let that apply to the "retard" thing too. That's a crude insult that makes fun of real people who don't deserve it.

 

[Reality Land]

Bush Deficit Hurting Obama: Reports

A forthcoming study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities concludes that the $1.4 trillion annual deficit run by the government has little to do with current White House policies and much to do with George W. Bush's actions.

"What we have looked at were several major contributors to the deficit: the tax cuts between 2001 and 2003 (on the assumption they get extended in 2010), the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the effects of the recession as well as the legislative response to the recession," James Horney, director of federal fiscal policy at the Center, told the Huffington Post. "When you take those things into account -- in other words, if we hadn't enacted the tax cuts, had the wars, if we hadn't had the recession and needed the legislation to deal with those problems -- the deficits are much, much lower. And basically none of those represent Obama's policies. He didn't run saying he wanted to pass a stimulus to deal with the recession or that he wanted to continue the war in Iraq or escalate [to this extent] in Afghanistan. He inherited these issues once he took office."

"Now we still have a big budget problem in the long run," Horney added. "It is not inappropriate for people to say we have to deal with that. And it is not inappropriate for them to say Obama is president and has the responsibility to deal with this. But it is not appropriate to say that Obama's policies have contributed to the deficit problem."

Horney said that the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' analysis will be released in the next few weeks. But already, there is data available to supplement its findings. In mid-November, the Democratic-leaning Center for American Progress put together an analysis of its own, in which it concluded that the so-called "Obama spending spree" paled in comparison to the checks written by Bush.

Congress sets the budget, the President only recommends and agrees or not. Blame Congress.