To put this in a bit of perspective, World War II cost an estimated 1.6 trillion dollars for everyone involved in the fighting altogether at the time, according to what I've read (anyone with a more accurate source can correct me). Adjusted for inflation, that's roughly $15 trillion. In other words, Bush has spent only one-fifth less than the entirety of those nations which fought the Second World War.
Please, Republicans, don't ever lecture us about 'fiscal discipline' again.
No, the
U.S. government spent $11.5 trillion. The only item of spending I can see attributed solely to Bush and the Republicans are the two tax cuts, which totaled $2 trillion. If you want to include Iraq, give it another trillion. $3 trillion is too much, but the idea that Bush/Republicans own $11.5 trillion of the debt is crazy.
