Gwb is in record as saying "let the market sort it out".
He was bitterly opposed by the GOP who knew the serious nature of what he let happen.
Obama introduced
Keynes an used in the depression. Bearing in mind the economy was broke, where else would the money come from?
In fact, the deficit was under a billion when he left office. It was Trump who nearly doubled it.
Stop protecting the GOP. They oversaw the GFC and Obama rectified it. Gwb big tax cuts to the wealthy were the seeds that started it.
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