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Thread #127637   Message #3182138
Posted By: Sawzaw
05-Jul-11 - 09:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: The Republicans (US)
Subject: RE: BS: The Republicans (US)
"90% of it was handed over to him by Bush" Is revisionist history.

56.6% is the correct figure spread over an 8 year period.

09/30/2000 national deficit $ 5,674,178,209,886.86

09/30/2008 national deficit $10,024,724,896,912.49
up 56.6% or 7.075% avg per year

09/30/2010 national deficit $13,561,623,030,891.79
up 73.9% or 36.8% avg per year or 52 times faster than George.

Democrats have been in control of congress and made up the budgets and spending since 2006.

Congress makes the budgets and the POTUS signs them. Congress can refuse to fund anything they want, wars etc.