An Obama Spending Spree? Hardly

Yes, Obama's discretionary spending is the point, as you say. The MarketWatch data IS evaluating that, comparing its RATE of growth to the RATE of growth under the previous four presidents, and found it to be the lowest RATE.

 

1. Marketwatch dishonestly attributed the 2009 stimulus to Bush

2. Rates of change don't mean shit when you are holding at high absolute levels

 

1. From what I can see in the articles, the 2009 stimulus IS included in Obama's discretionary spending total.
2. "High absolute levels"... you mean high discretionary US government spending as a percent of GDP? High as compared to whom, exactly?

 

1. Get some bifocals old man. The chart in the link on the OP, the one everyone is using, attributes all of FY09 as Bush's budget. The fact is that Obama signed that budget, he is resposnisble for it and it makes all the differerence in the world with those percent changes. It is a gross and dishonest manipulation just get some meaningless percent changes to appear lower and impress idiots.

2. Are you kidding? Maybe you can afford not to care since you are Canadian.

 

1. "Obama’s policies, including the much-criticized stimulus package, have caused... "
2. I'm not Canadian, but just for fun let's have a look at Canada's government spending as a percent of GDP, shall we?

 

Its fucking stupid to compare Canada ,Norway, Australia,etc with the United States. These countries have huge natural resources relative to an extremely low population, not to mention various demographic, cultural and historical differences.

Learn to compare like for like.

FACT: The USA is the ONLY country of its size and diversity that has a first world standard of living.It is the only country that can exercise signifficant Soft and hard power on a global scale. not Brazil, Russia,China,Indonesia,etc.

 

And if you hold a Canadian passport, be proud to of your own country, dont ride on America's coattails all the time, even though most canucks do that.

You are not part of our heritage and not part of our history. You have no vested interest in this country.

 

You have no idea what you are talking about. You, sir, are a drooling cretin.

 

1. You are not making sense at all while you desperately try and spin this to Obama's favor, try reading the entire thread before posting drivel. On point 2, go for it, but don't spin, we are talking deficits and debt.

 

Actually, no, we are talking about the rate of discretionary federal spending growth, with a short sidetrack into the spending per GDP rate.