Originally Posted by kvmj

W started 2 wars and spent copious amounts of money lining the pockets of his best political contributors. (What are the names of the political Contributors. What proof can you show me of this?) He authorized torture which violated several treaties on the topic. (Water boarding is NOT torture) He insulted our allies. (Obama insults the American People with this apologizing tours) Both wars were put on a charge card so that GOP contractors could do things like charge us for driving empty trucks around Iraq and calling it "sailboat" fuel. (Sources please) Moreover, these wars will cost us for decades as we continue to pay disability benefits to wounded vets for the rest of their lives. (Obama has put this country into generational debt within the first 6 months of him coming into office, by doubling the national debt with this stimulus BS. ) That's nothing compared to the lives he took. (W took no ones life, last time i checked our military was completely volunteer, instead you should be thanking them for their willingness to put themselves in harms way instead of saying 'Bush Killed Them")

While spending all this money, W granted the super rich not one but two tax cuts. (Last time I checked, the more money the "Rich" have, the more jobs those "Rich" are able to provide) He enabled the top 10% of all taxpayers to take two thirds of all the wealth this country produced. (Sources and examples please) All the while, he watched as manufacturers closed plants and shipped the jobs to China. (If taxes were lowered and spending cut, this wouldn't even be an issue)

Katrina. Need I say more? (Yes elaborate)

He further deregulated banks and investment firms. He encouraged lending institutions to make sorry loans with no hope of repayment. Growth in mortgages, credit card debt, houses that no one will ever live in, and, of course, the ever popular manufacture of war machines constituted the bulk of the economy under W's reign. (Look at the previous administration before Bush, tell me who created the legislation that forced the banks to do all of this)

He also passed Medicare Part D which is nothing more than a big, fat giveaway to the drug companies.

Obama has not come close to doubling the deficit. He inherited a deficit of more than 1 trillion dollars. (Yes he has doubled, and will be trippled if he and his administration of Czars are left unchecked,)

The stimulus plan that Obama authorized encourages the formation of new industry. It has kept schools open, prisoners incarcerated, police and firefighters on the job and has allowed states to keep its citizens from starving. We avoided another depression. (Yet dispute all of this, we are at a record high unemployment rates....in every country a stimulus plan has ever been attempted, it has NEVER worked. You don't spend money when you are hurting for money.)

Those manufacturing jobs are not coming back. He's been criticized for not spending enough. (Again you don't spend money when you are hurting for it)

In summation, W started 2 wars. The first was probably important, but, he did not think so. The 2nd. was absolutely unwarranted. (Iraq is expected to cost 6 trillion by the time it's over with) (Where are these projections coming from, however i do agree that we should have less involvement in certain affairs outside our boarders) These wars are enormously expensive. All Contracts awarded by the Bush government were awarded on a cost plua 2% basis.