Yes, I was a math major. That's why I look at both the revenue and the spending sides of the equation. Revenue has increased but not as fast as the spending increases. The same thing happened in the Reagan years. For every additional dollar of revenue during those years, spending went up about 1.7 dollars.
And yes, Bush bares a good measure of the blame for letting spending get so high. He has yet to veto a single piece of legislation in his 4 1/2 years in office. That has to be a modern record.
To compare Congress and its spending to "drunken sailors" is an insult to sailors everywhere, drunk or sober. At least young drunken sailors can claim youth and alcohol-impaired judgment. Congress has no such excuse. Their extravagant spending is done with careful deliberation.
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