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Old 07-25-2011, 12:56 PM
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Default Apples And Oranges?
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Originally Posted by djplong View Post
...Bush's deficits were (in order starting in FY 2002), $157B, $377B, $412B, $318B, $248B, $160B and $458B in FY 2008 before the big $1.4T in FY 2009....
Did those deficit numbers include the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?

For the entire eight years of the Bush administration, the wars were funded with requests for special appropriations. Begnning with Obama, they added the costs of the wars as line budget items.

I'm sure not going to argue that our deficits haven't increased under President Obama, but are we comparing apples and oranges?