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I'm sick of hearing "Inherited"!

By
Real Estate Sales Representative with A1 Connection Realty, Inc.

I don't know who the author was or is. 


I got this in an email today from a good friend. 


Seems like the writer was inside my head. because I remember I screamed at the TV during the State of the Union speech that I was sick and tired of hearing old barry whining about inheriting the Bush deficit.


 

 






I'm Sick of "Inherited"






The Washington Post babbled again today about Obama inheriting a huge deficit from Bush, blah blah blah. 

Amazingly enough, a lot of people swallow this nonsense. So once more, I'll try a short civics lesson.



Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress, and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democratic Party.

They controlled the budget process for Fiscal Year 2008 and Fiscal Year 2009, as well as Fiscal Year 2010 and Fiscal Year 2011.  In that first year, they had to contend with eorge Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat
belatedly got tough on spending increases.  For Fiscal Year 2009, though, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid  bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing
resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office.  At that time, they passed a
 massive omnibus spending bill to complete the Fiscal Year 2009 budgets.





And where was Barack Obama during this time?  He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete Fiscal Year 2009.



Let's remember what the deficits looked like during that period:





If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the FY 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets.  That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending.  After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.  If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself.




In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th.


Can I please unwrap my head soon?

 

Robert Vegas Bob Swetz
Las Vegas, NV

Right on Bob and I am with you all the way on this post!

VB ;o)

Feb 04, 2010 02:09 PM
Marchel Peterson
Results Realty - Spring, TX
Spring TX Real Estate E-Pro

Bob, It just makes you want to SCREAM!!  I went to my bible study instead of watching the state of the Union.  I left my husband home to scream at the television without me.

Feb 04, 2010 02:23 PM
Elizabeth Bolton
RE/MAX Destiny Real Estate Cambridge, MA - Cambridge, MA
Cambridge MA Realtor

I love how the Right "rerights" history. And I also was taken with your countdown on the side. Similar to the countdown we've got going for the junior Senator from Massachusetts though luckily our countdown is for a shorter time period.

 

Feb 04, 2010 02:24 PM
Jim & Maria Hart
Brand Name Real Estate - Charleston, SC
Charleston, SC Real Estate

I could not have said or explained it any better.  Well said!!

Feb 04, 2010 02:27 PM
Jay-Paul Lowry
Riverside, CA

Elizabeth Bolton - How did we re-write history? You obviously either failed civics in high school or just protested attending the class period. You offered no rebuttal to the post, other than to say we re-write history. Its sad that is the extent of your debate. But its the liberal standard.

 

PS

 

Who did you vote for in the Senate race and how did that turn out for you?

 

JP

Feb 04, 2010 02:49 PM
Jay-Paul Lowry
Riverside, CA

Bob - Where is the graph?

 

JP

Feb 04, 2010 02:52 PM
Don Wixom
RE/MAX Executives Nampa, ID - Nampa, ID
"Looking out for your next move..."tm

I concur!  How immature is it of "Oblame-a" to keep referring to the inheritance..  Give me a break!

Feb 04, 2010 02:54 PM
Bob Cumiskey
A1 Connection Realty, Inc. - Sun City Center, FL
US Army Retired, Your Sun City Center, Florida ~ Realtor

Clayson,  Thank you for commenting.

 

Feb 04, 2010 03:00 PM
Bob Cumiskey
A1 Connection Realty, Inc. - Sun City Center, FL
US Army Retired, Your Sun City Center, Florida ~ Realtor

Robert, Thanks for the support.

Feb 04, 2010 03:00 PM
Bob Cumiskey
A1 Connection Realty, Inc. - Sun City Center, FL
US Army Retired, Your Sun City Center, Florida ~ Realtor

Marchel, That wasn't very nice.  Hubby probably needed you to help wrap his head.

Feb 04, 2010 03:01 PM
Bob Cumiskey
A1 Connection Realty, Inc. - Sun City Center, FL
US Army Retired, Your Sun City Center, Florida ~ Realtor

Liz, Thanks for stopping by.  As I stated, I don't know if this is factual.  I posted this because I agreed with it.  You claim the Right "rerights" history .... feel free to dispute what is here. 

Personally, I think all politicians are liars.  But, when the President blatantly lies to the American People, I have a real problem.  That goes for ANY President.

Feb 04, 2010 03:06 PM
Bob Cumiskey
A1 Connection Realty, Inc. - Sun City Center, FL
US Army Retired, Your Sun City Center, Florida ~ Realtor

Jim and Marie.  Thanks for the support.  I have seen this chart in the past, but when it was accompanied by the text, I just had to share it.

Feb 04, 2010 03:07 PM
Bob Cumiskey
A1 Connection Realty, Inc. - Sun City Center, FL
US Army Retired, Your Sun City Center, Florida ~ Realtor

JP, Didn't realize I forgot the chart.  Thanks for the support and reminder.

Feb 04, 2010 03:07 PM
Bob Cumiskey
A1 Connection Realty, Inc. - Sun City Center, FL
US Army Retired, Your Sun City Center, Florida ~ Realtor

Don, I like that.  Oblame-a

Feb 04, 2010 03:21 PM
Delaware Junk Removal Residential And Commercial Hauling Clean Outs
Delaware Junk Removal 302-530-9186 - Wilmington, DE
Whole House Clean Outs, Basements, Garages, Attics

obama voted for this mess also, I like what Rush had to say about it today comparing it to a baseball game where the relief pitcher complains about the score when he comes in the game.

Feb 04, 2010 03:45 PM
Will Nesbitt
Nesbitt Realty at Condo Alexandria - Alexandria, VA
Nesbitt Realty is a family-run brokerage.

The truth is EVERY President inherits a mess --- that's why we have President's in the first place: to clean up the mess. I don't recall Bush blaming Clinton or Clinton blaming Bush or Reagan blaming Carter or Carter blaming Ford.  I wish someone would call him on this sort of classless behavior.

Feb 04, 2010 09:16 PM
Broker Nick
South Florida Real Estate & Development, Inc. - Coconut Creek, FL
Broker Nick Relocation Broker Service

When I hear Barry say that - I consider him a bald face liar - where was he? - on Mars - he was a senator and voting for the same increases he accuses Bush of giving him -

Feb 04, 2010 09:54 PM
Mike Saunders
Retired - Athens, GA

Bob - well mentioned points. I do like that graph. I will say that the Bush year graphs did not include some of the war budget, however, that adds relatively little to the deficit compared to what is being done now. Its time for BO to man up and admit he is making things work. Only a few, like EB are continuing to give him a pass on this.

Feb 04, 2010 11:04 PM
Jon Budish
Resident Realty - Fort Collins, CO

This is like everything else in this administration. They're betting on the majority of American's being ignorant.

P.S. Since he doesn't want to deal with the problems, why not resign? It would be his most productive action to date!

Feb 05, 2010 07:43 AM
April Hayden-Munson
Brookfield, WI
Brookfield Wisconsin Real Estate

I am telling you - this is Chicago politics at it's worst.  I saw it coming, sad to see sooooo many American's liked the Kool-Aid.

May 04, 2010 11:12 AM