I’ve been quite involved in the debate over which Presidents were big spenders.
I started with an analytical post that crunched the data from the Office of Management and Budget, and I showed that Obama was only a fiscal conservative if you ignored the budget impact of the TARP bailout.
I then augmented that analysis with a second post showing in more detail that Obama deserves a bad grade because of spending on social welfare programs.
Last but not least, my most recent post stated that Bush also was a big spender and I cited Jonah Goldberg’s excellent column suggesting that Romney should admit that Republicans bear some blame for the fiscal mess in Washington.
So we’ve been entirely too serious about this topic. Time for some cartoons! We’ll start with this gem from Eric Allie.
Now let’s look at a good one from Lisa Benson. The dirt being swept under the carpet is TARP, of course.
I think that’s the first cartoon I’ve used from Mr. Allie, but I have shared Ms. Benson’s work before. You can find some of my favorites here, here, here and here.
P.S. Getting back to the serious issue, much of the debate over Obama’s spending record revolves around TARP, but there’s also some discussion of how to divvy up blame for spending in Bush’s last fiscal year (FY2009, which began October 1, 2008). You can find some of my analysis on that issue here and here.
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@Al above I’m with you there is no comparison and I dare to disagree with Dan on this one. Remember the harpy Pelosi with her “The failed economic policies of George W. Bush? Have a look, I wrote this awhile back..http://www.examiner.com/article/let-s-discuss-the-failed-economic-policies-of-president-george-w-bush
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While Bush did expand some federal programs, those pretty much occurred when it appeared there was money available to make some positive change. Most of Bush’s ‘Big Spending’ came in the aftermath of 9-11 to get the economy back moving, creating and ramping up Homeland Security programs, the War on Terror (both Afghanistan and Iraq), and the recovery efforts of both hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The TARP program that came out of Bush’s time was created without either Bush’s nor the republicans input, and Bush was more or less misguided (as most were at that moment in time) into approving it because of the “Massive Economic Depression” we faced which it was supposed to alleviate. Yes, Bush can be blamed for his big spending… but at least he had some excuse.
I wish I could draw. I would have Obama as the bratty niece in Finding Nemo holding the bag with the fish (the economy) and shaking it. Drops of water flying off (various and sundry economy killing ideas) caption: Why won’t you work? Or Open your eyes!