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I really didn't want to get into this, but....
amount of spending means nothing when it isn't compared to income. I can increase my personal spending two-fold, but just telling you that means nothing. What if my income went up three-fold? What if my income went down?
Now, look at historical figures for spending as a percent of GDP, that is where your answer is.
As a side note, I have been very critical here on this board of his spending. I have never been very happy with that aspect of the Bush Pt. II administration.
However, that has nothing to do with the problem we are in right now. It would only be relevant if the SS problem only cropped up in 2001. Since it didn't, trying to pin this only on Bush is a waste of time and does nothing to help further the discussion or help come up with possible solutions.
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