Bush did not inherit an economy in shambles. Obama did.
Gee, I thought Obama VOTED for all the deficit spending he inherited? It isn't like he didn't know about it is it?
Huge difference, don't you think?
There is a HUGE difference indeed; during Bush's administration the spending was mostly UNPLANNED as in the events of 9-11, the 9-11 recommendations to set up the Homeland Security, two wars and a major natural disaster in one of our major cities.
In Obama and the Democrats case, the willful continuance of spending vast sums of money they just don't have without any consideration or debate on how to fund it all borders on criminal negligence.
But we all understand why there have been NO debates on funding don't we? Aside from the fact that Pelosi and Reid LIED to the American people about transparency and fiscal responsibility in pay-as-you-go legislation, any talk about the tax increases it will require to pay for the trillions already committed, not even to mention the trillions contained in Obama's speech last night, would cause a revolt amongst the American people.
When the tab for all these programs is exposed and the taxes needed to cover it are requested, the American people will revolt.
What is happening now is unprecedented. The spending that is occurring is to save the US from going under. It might work out, or it may be a total disaster, but something had to be done.
Nothing happening now is unprecedented other than the desperate attempt to fear monger the American people in an effort to quickly pass spending legislation creating a vast expansion of Government into every aspect of American lives without an honest debate about how much this will cost the American taxpayer.
This will be one of the BIGGEST I-told-you-so's in American history before the end of this Left Wing Socialists first year in office.
It will have the American people scratching their heads wondering why they refused to listen to the Conservatives and Republican Party that warned this is what they would be getting.
It is amusing to see you parrot the Liberal talking points considering you aren't even an American but gleefully wish America to be as bankrupt as the Canadian and European systems are. After we get Universal Health Care shoved down our throats, there won't be anywhere for the world to turn for the major care no other systems provide with any kind of efficiency.