Bush vs Obama

[yankeefan98121]

OBAMA vs BUSH
(Just the Facts)

CREDIT RATING
Bush AAA+
Obama AA+ (per jplove71's link below)

GDP
Bush 1.7%
Obama 1.2%

MEDICARE
Obama CUT $416.5 Billion
Bush INCREASED $120 Billion
(Source: www.taxfoundation.org)

GAS PRICES
Bush - $1.65 a gallon (End of term)
Obama - $3.62 a gallon (Current)
(Source: http://gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_...

UNEMPLOYMENT
Bush - 4.71% (Average)
Obama - 9.2% (Current)(Source: www.bls.gov)

NATIONAL DEBT
Bush – Increased 4 trillion (8 Years)
Obama – Will increase 18 trillion (8 years, according to OBAMAS budget)
(Source: www.treasurydirect.gov)

DEFICIT
Bush - $0.5 Trillion per year
Obama - $1,8 Trillion per year
(Source: www.federalbudget.com)

JOBS
Bush – GAINED 3 million jobs over 8 years
Obama - LOST 3.24 million in 2 years
(Source: Wall Street Journal)

INFLATION:
Bush +0.1% (End of Term)
Obama +3.6% (Current)
(Source: usinflationcalculator.com)

WARS
Bush - 2 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – Both with UN and Congressional Approval
Obama - 5 wars
Iraq, Afghanistan (Continued)
Yemen, Libya and Pakistan (No Congressional Approval)


HOPE and CHANGE

We HOPED for BETTER and got a CHANGE for WORSE


GO TEA PARTY !

[jplove71]

OBAMA vs BUSH
(Just the Facts)

CREDIT RATING
Bush AAA+
Obama AAA

That should be AA+ for Obama.

Source: http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/05/news....htm?hpt=hp_t2

[Ridge]

I'm stealing that for a couple forums...

[KevDen2005]

It's been quite a while now, but I thought the UN did not support a war in Iraq in 2003. Feel free to correct me on that.

[Ridge]

The war was because Saddam was ignoring warnings about him breaking UN regulations against Iraq.

[Tweety Bird]

Looks like it's all Dubya's fault to me.

[sniper7]

so is it still Bush's fault?

[Ridge]

Some of it, yes. An economy does not change overnight. It takes months, maybe even years for the full effect of bad policy to show up. Obama has been adding on his own bad policies that hurt the problem more, but it definitely started with Bush.

[Bailey Guns]

Some of it, yes. An economy does not change overnight. It takes months, maybe even years for the full effect of bad policy to show up. Obama has been adding on his own bad policies that hurt the problem more, but it definitely started with Bush.

I have to disagree. It started long before Bush. Neither side is blameless in this financial disaster.

[bryjcom]

Some of those stats are misleading. For instance taking the figures at the end of Bush's term would be considered unfair due to the recession at that time.You need to average it out over their time in office and go by that.

Don't get me wrong, Obongo is still a joke, but so was Bush.