{"article":{"id":224025,"heading":"Right Wing\/Israel Lobby Newsmax Unloads on Bush A Second Day","author":"Hymie","created":"2009-01-22 09:48:54","modified":"2013-11-11 00:59:45","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:59:45","article":"<p>Samples: <br><br> &ldquo;Bush has added a staggering $32 trillion to unfunded government liabilities future generations of Americans will have to bear,&rdquo; wrote the London Sunday Times&rsquo; Andrew Sullivan, a maverick conservative who described Bush&rsquo;s economic policies as &ldquo;fiscal madness.&rdquo; <br><br> . . . <br><br> 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 &ndash; a quantum increase of nearly 100 percent. Today, each American shares a burden of $34,800 for this debt.  <br><br>  <br>  <br> 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.  <br><br> Complete article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/headlines\/bush_legacy_part_two\/2009\/01\/20\/173445.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/headlines\/bush_legacy_part_two\/2009\/01\/20\/173445.html<\/a> <br><br> Note. I have to give credit to Newsmax here which, while supporting Bush corporate welfare generally, admits the fiscal impact of it. <br><br> However the distinction remains: corporate welfare benefits the few, but general welfare, like health care, infrastructure, public transportation, unemployment, benefits the whole. <br><br> Note. The Bush historic legacy is going down the toilet even faster than I expected.<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Newsmax has made Progressive Democrats Criticizing  Pro-business DLC Policies Look Like Amateurs.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2009\/01\/224025.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}