claim: when president bush took office in 2001, he inherited a $236 billion budget surplus, with a projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion. when he ended his term, he left a $1.3 trillion deficit and a projected 10-year shortfall of $8 trillion.
author: david axelrod
evidence_1: mar 24, 2009 ... president barack obama has repeatedly claimed that his budget would cut ... president bush took office in january 2001, and therefore played a lead role in crafting the fy 2002-2008 budgets. ..... the national debt was not 10 trillion when bush left office! .... luckily, he will be gone in less than two years.
evidence_2: a trip down memory lane, when they said the budget future was "bright". david axelrod · when president bush took office in 2001, he inherited a $236 billion budget surplus, with a projected 10-year surplus of $5.6 trillion. when he ended his term, he left a $1.3 trillion deficit and a projected 10-year shortfall of $8 trillion.
evidence_3: jan 10, 2003 ... president bush says his $674 billion tax-cut plan will boost the nation's sluggish economy. .... “there is a need for a short-term stimulus to get the economy started,” says ..... to right the economy he inherited in the late '70s, he found his policies .... tax cut with a projected price tag of $1.3 trillion over 10 years.
evidence_4: may 6, 2016 ... only congress, not the president, can regulate immigration. ... deportation of people illegally here and whether or not to do his job "faithfully ... [he or she] will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states ... obama, with daca and the "son of daca" (dapa), believes that he ...... take a look.
evidence_5: feb 13, 2012 ... of gdp, and a projected 10-year deficit of more than $8 trillion. .... growth of defense spending will save $487 billion over the next 10 years. ... finally, to address other looming, long-term challenges to our fiscal health, ..... when the president took office, he ...... whether the budget is in surplus or deficit,.