PLEASE KEEP THIS ONE GOING IN HOPES THAT
WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND
WHOSE FAULT THIS HUGE
DEFICIT ACTUALLY IS!!!
B-b-b-But It's HIS Fault
The Washington Post
babbled again today
about Obama inheriting
a huge deficit from
Bush. Amazingly
enough, a lot of
people swallow this
BULL. 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 Democratic
Party.
Furthermore,
the Democrats
controlled the budget
process for FY 2008 &
FY 2009 as well as FY
2010 & FY 2011.
(FY = fiscal year)
In that first year,
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
&
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: (below)
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,
including 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.
There is no way this will be
widely publicized unless
each of us sends it on!
This is your chance to make
a difference.
Stay Focused, Connected,
Informed & Inspired.
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