publiusvarus wrote:
So you ask your son a leading question to get an expected response.
Hey, just because you were outwitted by a ten year old, don't go blaming the question. Not my fault you don't understand elementary school level civics.
In other news: Fun chart detailing the deficits. Let's all ignore Varus crying because it was in the NYT and actually look at it. The largest single source of the current deficit was spending under Bush (and the Republican Congress). Not just the wars which were unfunded and pushed out of the budget using supplementary spending but also the massive (unpaid for) Medicare Prescription Part D program and the (also unpaid for) Bush tax cuts.
The second largest source of the current deficit is lost revenue from the recession, dating back to 2007. The third largest source was programs enacted by Bush and supported by Obama. Programs solely created in this administration make up a notable minority of the deficit.