April 25, 2011
If they had, they would have mentioned it in the context of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels’ comparison of the Bush era deficits to the current deficit. Daniels, who was director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Bush, made the comparison in saying that the deficits that he presided over in this position were small compared to current deficit.
This is true, but the reason is that the recession created by the collapse of the housing bubble was much deeper than the recession created by the collapse of the stock market bubble that President Bush faced when he took office. Not mentioning this fact is like blaming a city for its excessive use of water, without mentioning that it was combating a major forest fire. This is an important piece of information that should have been given to readers.
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