The Bushes

I'm amazed, and shouldn't be, that Statists use the same old saw, "Bush did it", "Bush started it"...that kind of thing, when the economic mess we're in gets highlighted. Bush leaves office with the debt under a trillion and Obama in six months jumps it to 11 trillion. And the response is, yeah, well Bush did TARP. He did. NOW HEAR THIS! CONSERVATIVES WERE AGAINST IT!!!.

Bush bought into the whole argument that Bear Stearns was too big to fail. Then AIG. If we didn't act it would be a financial disaster like no one has ever seen. Now about 500 financial institutions have failed and all taxpayers have to pay. Do you have a job? You are paying for them. Statist or Conservative, you are paying. All Conservatives said no no no. All Statists said yes. In this case Bush was a Statist, and he made a decision for the State against the will of the people. Sixty percent I remember some polls recording, of the American people were against it. TARP passed anyway. Remember, all Conservatives were against, all Statists, including Obama were for it.

The reason Bush 41 got tossed out of office is because he turned against Conservative principles, and passed tax increases. All Conservatives were against it, all Statists were for it.

Bush 43 passed the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. At the time Medicare Parts A and B had unfunded liabilities of $68 trillion. This act of "compassionate conservatism" in three years added another $17 trillion unfunded liability to Medicare. All Conservatives were against it, all Statists were for it.

The whole thing of Bush did it, Bush started it, is not an argument of justification for the added $11 trillion of debt this current president has added to at least the next three generations of Americans. Why are Statists using Bush as a justification, and saying that Conservatives didn't say anything? Hate Bush yet use him a justification for the theft of money and liberty from the American people? Why don't you just stand up and say you don't believe in the Constitution, don't believe in the rule of law, and do believe that government should control everything. Don't use Bush as a crutch.

Bush kept this country safe from terrorists; safe from attacks. For that, Conservatives are eternally grateful. We appreciate his support of traditional values.
It ends there. Both Bushes embraced Statist economic models, and Conservatives reject them.

My Statist friends, praise and support Obama all you want, but don't ignore or lie about what Conservatives have to say about the Bush's economics, and say we didn't say anything until Obama ran us ELEVEN TRILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT.