>The National Debt went from less than 2 trillion to over 10 trillion >under Bush. Uh, actually, it was $1.3 trillion........at least, it WAS after the TARP and BEFORE Obama..... >There's no suitable prediction for what the net effects of Obama's >efforts will yield. The destruction of the world economy and a >depression perhaps larger than that experienced in the 1930's was >probably if the government had not stepped in and propped up some of >these companies. Ummm, I'm not an economist, but most of them say differently.... >If you have an argument to make about that, by all >means make one. The fact is we printed money to fight an expensive war >in Iraq that we couldn't afford and pumped up the economy on a false >housing bubble that burst because there was no oversight over the >lenders and the bundling of the loans. I personally lay this at Bush's >feet. Perhaps you should take a look at this video -- it might help refresh your memory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnSp4qEXNM&NR=1 lyle