Is Bush the most fiscally irresponsible president in the history of the US?

Question

Empowered by the blank check GOP led congress 2000 through 20006?

John in AZ (below) Agreed! I'd like to compare Reagan's spending to Bush's spending in today's money.

Although, due to Bush, today's money is valued at Reagan era levels.

Answer 1

He solves economic crisis by getting another loan and another and another . It's like a person buying a mansion , a corvette , a hot tub and a helicopter . However this person works as a janitor and bought everything via loans , forgetting and not caring said person has to pay it back .

Same as the US because the US will have to pay it back eventually but that doesn't bother Mr. Bush - it's not like he would be standing in a bread line .

Answer 2

That's something of a trick question, really, given that it's Congress that holds the purse strings. Certainly, if you don't bother to control for inflation, the national debt has grown more in his two terms than in any other two terms you care to examine.

Answer 3

Yes he was.

The Reagan Star Wars Program waisted a lot of money too.

Bill Clinton on the contrary was very fiscally conservative, his term ended with a net surplus.

Answer 4

Well, the budget deficit is the lowest is has been in 5 years. That is because of tax cuts are stimulating the economy, which has increased tax revenue.

9/11's damage to the economy, the subsequent war on terror, and Clinton's last minute handout programs caused most of the budget deficit.

Bill Clinton was lucky the internet boom took place during his presidency otherwise the national debt would have really grown.

Answer 5

Bush was a cheerleader who got Cs. The people who voted for him are the most fiscally irresponsible people and should be imprisoned in a mental facility for retardation.

Answer 6

Is Bush the most fiscally irresponsible president in the history of the US? the most universally irresponsible president....YES

Answer 7

nope, william jefferson clinton set a benchmark NEVER to be breached. the idiotic taxation of social security, the meddling and sabotage of the contract with america, the largest tax increase in us history, hillary care 1, campaign finance fraud 2000 are only some of the most boneheaded financial moves seen in modern history. sorry liberal, but clinton makes bush look like donald trump in comparison.

Answer 8

I don't want to offend any one that believe in the "Rapture" but once you realize that , That is what motivates him. All of his irresponsible spending and every thing else he has done wrong make sense.

Who cares about our debt, our environment, our creditability when "THE END IS NEAR!"

Answer 9

I think that Ronnie got value for the money. Can't say the same today.

Answer 10

I'd say George W. (show me the money) Bush spends money like a drunken sailor, but i wouldn't want to offend drunken sailors.