Democrats blame Bush, ignore their own missteps on economy, war
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 9:22AM Commentary by Kay B. Day
Are you weary of listening to the inheritance defense blaming President George W. Bush that the Obama administration and Congress jump on every time they face criticism over problems with the U.S. economy and war? This defense is a classic consequence of lack of experience in a national leader and lack of ability in an ageing, clueless Congress. The 'Bush legacy' is really getting to be tiresome spin.
A perfect example is the reinvention of the healthcare wheel—rather than turning to the free market for solutions, Democrats sequester themselves and come up with thousands of pages of bureaucratic layers that will cost in the neighborhood of $1 trillion dollars. Most of the Dem party brokers have been in Washington so long they’ve become walking monuments—stone-like creatures clinging to antiquated approaches that rely on taxing “ everything that moves and doesn’t move,” as Sec. of State Hillary Clinton said recently. That statement is a perfect example of how Democrat-think sinks the economy. (Article continues after graph below.)
The US Dept. of Education gives an idea on Democrat spending increases beyond President George W. Bush's spending. Yet Democrats criticize Bush for this and other spending they have increased.
