Obama’s and Bush’s effects on the deficit in one graph
Welcome to Tony Island Blog! Please study the graphic below carefully before reading the analysis that follows: Before I begin my analysis of this graphic, I'd like to mention that it came from a New York Times editorial . Enough said. OK, where do I begin? I must say two things about this graphic off the bat: 1) it's absolutely brilliant! It takes a confusing subject (deficit, debt, budgeting) and confuses it even further. It places Vaseline over the lens of the budget debate to "soften the image" and thus make Obama look better. 2) it does show how fiscally irresponsible President Bush was. Liberal Loons run around calling Bush conservative - this graphic should show them he was anything but. Perhaps he was a social conservative, but he didn't seem to be a fiscal conservative. Now onto some of the gritty details. At first glance, you can easily fall into the Liberal trap that has been set - namely, that Bush's policies all but created the cur...