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Old 11-25-2009, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by elwood127 View Post
The crawl line during Shepard Smiths news said that Obama has spent 3.5 trillion dollars in his first year, up from Bush's 1.8 trillion. I can't seem to figure out what it went too. I guess the grandkids can worry about that.
First off, this is Fox we're talking about here who will stop at almost nothing to make Obama look bad so I am VERY skeptical. Here's what I think - and I'm working on it.

If the figures Fox quoted are in any way legitimate, they almost certainly are looking at spending in those years, not authorizations in those years. That means most or all of the 700 billion Bush authorized under the Stimulus is being moved over to Obama's column.

And then there's this, from The Moonie Times no less:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...efore-bailout/

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