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15 June 2010

There was NO Bush FY2009 Budget



There was NO FY2009 budget signed into law by Bush. He signed a CR into law on 30 September 2008.  It expired on 6 March 2009. 

For those of you that are unaware of the fact that there was no Bush FY2009 and that the Left has lied to you, this is what happened:

Bush's proposed FY2009 budget called for spending of only $3.11 trillion, which was just a 3% increase. Democrats controlled the Congress and were certain that Obama was going to get elected. They wanted to wait to set 2009 spending levels on much of the government until he was in office.

The Democrat-controlled Congress only passed THREE of FY2009's 12 appropriations bills for Bush to sign before 1 October 2008, the beginning of FY2009: Defence, Homeland Security, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs.

So, Bush signed a Continuing Resolution into law on 30 September 2008. It expired on 6 March 2009.

On 11 March 2009, President Barack H. Obama signed the FY2009 budget into law. Furthermore, Bush is not responsible for the Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Stimulus Act of 2009, the Defence Supplemental of 06.09 loaded with pork, Cash-for-Clunkers, Cash-for-Caulkers, Unemployment Insurance extensions, Making Home Affordable, a massive $680 billion defence bill in September - once again laden with pork, etc.

President Obama and his Democrat Congress ended up spending $3.52 trillion in 2009, which represented a 17.9% increase in spending -- the highest single-year percentage spending increase since the Korean War.

By January 2010, spending as a percentage of GDP was 25.24% -- the highest it had been in the United States since World War II.

Yes, Obama's spending as a percentage of GDP has gone down, but only ever so slightly. During George W Bush's 8 years as president, spending averaged 19.6% of GDP.  Under President Clinton, spending as a percentage of GDP was 19.8%. In the decades following World War II, the average has been 19.7%.  The average for Obama's first term is projected to be 24.3%.

You can read more in detail here:  The Big Lie: Obama Is A Budget Hawk

A word of advice: Saying, "Reagan did it first!" or "Bush did it, too!" is not a denial. It is a CONFESSION.

Anyhoo, the truth is the truth.  Period.  End of story.  If you can't handle it, that's your problem.  Meanwhile, Obama's spending is the world's problem.  What do you think the America and the rest of the world will look like after the US collapses?  I don't believe that America should be the world's policeman, but if you think Sweden is going to stand up to China or Iran, you're seriously deluding yourself and endangering the rest of us.



PPS:  I am neither a Republican nor a Conservative.  I did not vote for Bush [or Gore (not a citizen) or Kerry (would rather forfeit my shoe collection than vote for Lurch)].  I did vote against Obama by voting for McCain after 3 'tinis, but that's a story for another day. 


6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sources?? I'd like to beleive you, sources would make it easier.

Sophie Ro, PHUP said...

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/bulletins_default

http://www.aip.org/fyi/2008/095.html


http://thomas.loc.gov/home/approp/app09.html

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32614.pdf

http://www.pdfdownload.org/pdf2html/view_online.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fas.org%2Fsgp%2Fcrs%2Fmisc%2FRL32614.pdf


Bush signed a CR for FY 2009 in 30 October 2008. He signed 3 out of 12 appropriations bill. Democrats wanted to was until Obama became POTUS to sign the 9 remaining, which involved domestic spending.

The CR expired on 11 March 2009 and Obama signed the budget for FY 2009 then along with the $410 omnibus.




Sophie Ro, PHUP said...

H.R. 1105 (111th): Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009

Introduced: Feb 23, 2009 (111th Congress, 2009–2010)

Sponsor: Rep. David “Dave” Obey [D-WI7]

Status: Signed by the President Obama

Slip Law: This bill became Pub.L. 111-8.

Summary: The Fiscal Year 2009 omnibus totals $410 billion spending bill and includes nine appropriation bills that were not passed by Congress last year (Agriculture, Commerce/State/Justice, Energy and Water, Financial Services, …

This bill was enacted after being signed by the President on March 11, 2009.

Progress:

Introduced: Feb 23, 2009

Passed House: Feb 25, 2009
Passed Senate: Mar 10, 2009
Signed by the President: Mar 11, 2009

Votes:

House Vote on Passage

Feb 25, 2009 3:50 p.m.

Passed 245/178

Making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.


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Who controlled the House of Representatives on 25 February 2009?

Who controlled the Senate on 10 March 2009?

Who was President on 11 March 2009?

To which President should we assign this $410 billion in spending?

Sophie Ro, PHUP said...

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr1105

Anonymous said...

How many Budgets has President Obama signed?

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