Dave Surls
2008-11-07 12:52:05
“But at least they didn’t have a deficit in the TRILLIONS of dollars.”
Roosevelt and the liberal Democrats were far bigger borrowers than Bush & co. The debt/GDP ratio under Roosevelt rose from around 50% to around 120%. Under Bush it’s at roughly 65-70%, which is about where it was at its highest under Bill Clinton, and not that much higher than when Clinton left office.
On this score, and every other score, Bush is a far better president than Roosevelt. A far better person too. You don’t see George Bush putting two year old American kids in concentration camps or firebombing Tokyo.
