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then again heres CBS
September 29, 2008 12:20 PM
Bush Administration Adds $4 Trillion To National Debt
By
Mark Knoller
It's the biggest increase under any president in U.S history.
On the day President Bush took office, the national debt stood at $5.727 trillion. The latest number from the Treasury Department shows the national debt now stands at more than $9.849 trillion. That's a 71.9 percent increase on Mr. Bush's watch.
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Bush Administration Adds $4 Trillion To National Debt - Couric & Co. - CBS News
Now, even f they did not add iraq or afghan. which they do not say or not,
they came to; approx. 850 Billion.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL33110.pdf
so lets call it 5.5 and not quibble.
No, let's quibble.
Those numbers were for THAT moment in time.
Add in the cost of rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan, the cost of rebuilding our military, the cost of taking care of tens of thousands of wounded and maimed Americans, the added cost of the children of those soldiers who died and other stuff I haven't even thought about.
When you destroy two countries, you are stuck with rebuilding. Obama is only trying to finish what Bush and the Republicans started.
All of these costs started under Bush, but have become part of Obama's budget. All being blamed on Obama, but started under Bush and the Republicans. That's the disingenuous nature of politics. Obama can't just "walk away" from what the Republican started. They may be capable of that, but I don't think he is.
So who knows how much Bush and the Republicans added to the debt. But it's a heck of a lot more than the measly 5 trillion reported here.
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