Liberal Lies - Bush was a big spender - FACT He spent less as a percent of GDP than the last 4 Presidents.

By JWF
April 19, 2009 - 18:22 ET
  • Bookmark and Share

  I crunched the numbers from the White House myself this time. (1)

2001-2008 average 19.86%
1993-2000 average 19.91%
1989-1992 average 21.85%
1981-1989 average 22.40%
1977-1980 average 20.82%

1981-2008 average 20.88%
 

 President Bush spent less as a percent of GDP then Presidents Clinton, Bush I, Reagan, & Carter. There is the FACT.

I am sick to death of viscous sticky internet turd trolls coming here thinking they can spout their ignorant lies. Then when caught out in a lie, they hem, haw, and spout ad hominem attacks and are never held to any kind of standard. They claim to come here to debate or learn or discuss. But the truth is they just want to pound on the ignorant knuckle dragging redneck conservatives and they think we will all take it because they think we will all turn the other cheek. So let's all harrass the meeks over at NewsBusters, eh?

I am here to fact check  sticky turd trolls. Check-mate troll. This is now double sourced. BUSH SPENT LESS THAN THE LAST 4 PRESIDENTS before him. I don't know why, but I spent 30 minutes pulling and crunching the numbers to come up with the results. Sticky internet turd trolls ignore facts anyway. But at least we will all have an easy reference the next time a sticky troll pokes up his head and claims Bush was a big spender. Send them here.

Raw data from the White House PDF -

Total Federal Outlays as a Percent of GDP.- pages 47 through 55

  1. 1940 - 9.8
  2. 1941 - 12.0
  3. 1942 - 24.3
  4. 1943 - 43.6
  5. 1944 - 43.6
  6. 1945 - 41.9
  7. 1946 - 24.8
  8. 1947 - 14.8
  9. 1948 - 11.6
  10. 1949 - 14.3
  11. 1950 - 15.6
  12. 1951 - 14.2
  13. 1952 - 19.4
  14. 1953 - 20.4
  15. 1954 - 18.8
  16. 1955 - 17.3
  17. 1956 - 16.5
  18. 1957 - 17.0
  19. 1958 - 17.9
  20. 1959 - 18.7
  21. 1960 - 17.8
  22. 1961 - 18.4
  23. 1962 - 18.8
  24. 1963 - 18.6
  25. 1964 - 18.5
  26. 1965 - 17.2
  27. 1966 - 17.9
  28. 1967 - 19.4
  29. 1968 - 20.6
  30. 1969 - 19.4
  31. 1970 - 19.3
  32. 1971 - 19.5
  33. 1972 - 19.6
  34. 1973 - 18.8
  35. 1974 - 18.7
  36. 1975 - 21.3
  37. 1976 - 21.4
  38. TQ - 21.0
  39. 1977 - 20.7
  40. 1978 - 20.7
  41. 1979 - 20.2
  42. 1980 - 21.7
  43. 1981 - 22.2
  44. 1982 - 23.1
  45. 1983 - 23.5
  46. 1984 - 22.2
  47. 1985 - 22.9
  48. 1986 - 22.4
  49. 1987 - 21.6
  50. 1988 - 21.3
  51. 1989 - 21.2
  52. 1990 - 21.8
  53. 1991 - 22.3
  54. 1992 - 22.1
  55. 1993 - 21.4
  56. 1994 - 21.0
  57. 1995 - 20.7
  58. 1996 - 20.3
  59. 1997 - 19.6
  60. 1998 - 19.2
  61. 1999 - 18.7
  62. 2000 - 18.4
  63. 2001 - 18.5
  64. 2002 - 19.4
  65. 2003 - 20.0
  66. 2004 - 19.9
  67. 2005 - 20.2
  68. 2006 - 20.4
  69. 2007 - 20.0
  70. 2008 - 20.5 (est.)

Sincerely,

a tired Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

(1) http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/pdf/hist.pdf

‹ Typical Democrat, typical Pelosi Liberal Lies - Waterboarding is torture. Truth - Not! ›

Comments Policy

All comments are owned by whoever posted them and are subject to our terms of use. They should not be assumed to represent the views of NewsBusters.

Viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.

Good boy!

April 19, 2009 - 18:55 ET by Cyrano

Now fetch my slippers.

I'm ugly, but I'm eloquaint... elaquent... elly... I tawk reel gud!

Could you repeat that please.

April 19, 2009 - 20:51 ET by JWF

I was in the loo and all I heard was the sound of flushing.

LOL...You know he's gone so

April 19, 2009 - 20:55 ET by bigtimer

LOL...You know he's gone so why bother with the post here?

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

I do it for my good friend bigtimer.

April 19, 2009 - 21:04 ET by JWF

my first buddy.

JWF... You have me laughing

April 19, 2009 - 21:13 ET by bigtimer

JWF...

You have me laughing here...but heck, it's like beating a dead horse now.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

Oh my,

April 19, 2009 - 20:57 ET by general company

Thats cold. : ]

 

My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

Bye, Pi.

April 19, 2009 - 20:56 ET by R D Helm

-Dave

This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.

JWF

April 19, 2009 - 21:01 ET by AnotherFedUpOne

Thanks for the number crunchin' !

No problem sir.

April 19, 2009 - 21:23 ET by JWF

You run across that Liberal Lie anywhere on the internet, you link right back to here. Don't even have to argue with 'em.

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

Told ya so.

May 16, 2009 - 06:54 ET by JWF

This video show the comparison of Bush et al to the current Spender in Chief. He uses real dollars not as a percentage of GDP but you can see Bush compares to Ronald Reagan in real dollars. Not too bad. And Obama is sending us right off a cliff.

http://www.youtube.c...

The National Debt Road Trip

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

SO

May 16, 2009 - 07:08 ET by WhichWing

So they were all big spenders!

"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."  -  George Bernard Shaw

Do you have a point?

May 16, 2009 - 07:38 ET by JWF

I see you have not commented here yet so that was your free card.

 I spent a lot of time on this forum. I crunched those numbers above. Those numbers were taken directly from the budget of the White House. This ain't the torture forum. We are not talking law here. We are talking numbers from the budget and percentages I crunched myself.

 I am asking you nicely to either make a serious point or move on.

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

Why is this thread called

May 16, 2009 - 08:18 ET by WhichWing

Why is this thread called "liberal lies..."?  Where is your "conservative lies..." thread?  It seems odd that you are trumpeting the notion of 'spending about the same as the other guy.'

They were all big spenders.  Party affiliation does not matter.  Liberals or conservatives, whatever they pretended to be, they spent 'til the cows came home and all grew the government.  You spent alot of time proving that we were ripped off by at least the last 5 administrations.  And until we stop yelling liberal leftist and religious conservative at one another it will continue. 

That is my point, and I believe it to be a very serious one.

Edit:  this is what you were posting on another thread as I was writing this.

"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."  -  George Bernard Shaw

You are free to create your own forum called conservative lies.

May 16, 2009 - 08:21 ET by JWF

You think someone is lying to you. No one is stopping you from sending up the bullfrog flag and providing proper sources for the truth. In your own forum.

You point would be better heard in it's own forum. It is a digression in this forum.

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars.

Uh-oh

May 16, 2009 - 08:32 ET by shawn228

Teh Vet is being nice, but if teh lib makes a thread called "conservative lies" the conversation might get teh Vet torqued again ;-)

He had my vote

As long as he leaves me alone

May 16, 2009 - 14:47 ET by JWF

  I can concentrate on people that actually learn such as my buddy Shawn. Or he is always free to visit when he is tired of liberal lies and wants some of teh truth.

JWF~me?

May 16, 2009 - 08:17 ET by Georgia Girl

I saw your "Do you have a point?" subject liner and clicked on it, feeling it could very well be for me. Because sometimes I don't have a clear point, and sometimes I am not concise. But I see it's for somebody else, so I'll be on my way now...LOL.  :)