Samples:

“Bush has added a staggering $32 trillion to unfunded government liabilities future generations of Americans will have to bear,” wrote the London Sunday Times’ Andrew Sullivan, a maverick conservative who described Bush’s economic policies as “fiscal madness.”

. . .

When Bush took the oath of office in 2001 [after Clinton], the National Debt stood at $5.7 trillion. As Bush departed Washington on Tuesday, it had grown by almost $5 trillion to more than $10.6 trillion – a quantum increase of nearly 100 percent. Today, each American shares a burden of $34,800 for this debt.



And Americans are paying for it in taxes. Interest on the debt in just the first nine months of the current fiscal year was nearly $400 billion.

Complete article: http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/bush_legacy_part_two/2009/01/20/173445.html

Note. I have to give credit to Newsmax here which, while supporting Bush corporate welfare generally, admits the fiscal impact of it.

However the distinction remains: corporate welfare benefits the few, but general welfare, like health care, infrastructure, public transportation, unemployment, benefits the whole.

Note. The Bush historic legacy is going down the toilet even faster than I expected.