Political Quotes

“Of all of the different complaints I heard about President Bush, the one that I think I heard the most was that he was spending too much money. I think the people didn't like the fact we were at war in Iraq very much, but I think particularly they were worried that he was spending too much money. And so I guess his last year in was 2008, and that was when the Pelosi Congress was here. And that was his worst amount of deficit spending that he did, which was about a $470 billion deficit that year in his spending. Now, that wasn't good; that was about 3.1 percent of gross domestic product, and that was his worst spending, and he was spending too much, and some of us said, yes, he was, and we didn't vote for some of the spending. He was followed by President Obama the next year, which is 2009, and the amount of deficit there was $1.6 trillion, that is three times more than Bush's worst year. And, boy, were we doing some spending. Then we went from 3.1 percent of GDP all the way up to 9.9 percent GDP, and so we just rocked into this. I will tell you, President Obama made George Bush look like Ebenezer Scrooge.”