And you thought President Bush was bad on spending…

The Republicans had four solid years of controlling the House and Senate (albeit, never 60 votes in the Senate) and I have been quite disappointed by President Bush’s record on spending. If conservatism doesn’t stand for sustainable fiscal practices, than what does it stand for?

This is a chart from the minority staff of the House Budget Committee. I get that the 2008 budget bar was for fiscal year 2009, but I’m still not sure I buy that you can count it as a “Democratic budget.” That being said, paint the 2008 line blue and it barely changes the effect of this chart.

President Obama can blame his predecessor all he wants for “leaving him a mess to clean up.” What nobody is buying is the idea that this is the medicine that will cure our ills.

The President’s budget is like saying you have a headache and you’re curing it by hitting yourself in the head with a baseball bat.

Am I missing something here? Fill me in using the comments below.