Wednesday, March 25, 2009

The Bush Deficits; The Obama Deficits

The Bush Deficits; The Obama Deficits

Hearing Democrats whine last election about the size of the Bush deficits was irritating, not because they were wrong to be upset, but because it was rather like hearing a prostitute accuse someone of immorality for a one night fling. The Heritage Foundation has this graph comparing them:



You will also notice that after the Democrats got control of Congress in 2006, there was no obvious gain. (The 2007 budget was set before the Democrats could do anything--not so for 2008.)

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