INHERITED.

This is an in depth look at what the Obama Administration INHERITED.

This tells the whole story, why Bush was so bad at the end of his term.
Don't just skim over this, it's not long, so read it slowly and let it sink
in.  If in doubt, check it out!

The day the Democrats took over was not January 22nd 2009, it was actually January 3rd 2007.  That’ the day Democrats took over the House of Representatives and the Senate, at the very start of the 110th Congress. 

Keep in mind throughout this discussion that it's Congress that controls the purse strings ... not the President.

The Democrat Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995.

For those who are listening to the liberals propagating the fallacy that everything is "Bush's Fault", think about this:

January 3rd, 2007 was the day the Democrats took over the Senate
and the Congress.

At the time:
a.. The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77
b.. The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%
c.. The Unemployment rate was 4.6%.
d.. George Bush's Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB GROWTH

Remember the day...

January 3rd, 2007 was the day that Barney Frank took over the
House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the
Senate Banking Committee.

The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what
part of the economy? BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES!

Unemployment...dumping 5-6 TRILLION Dollars of toxic loans on the
economy from YOUR Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac FIASCOES!

Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie - starting
in 2001 because it was financially risky for the US economy.

A.. And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND
Freddie Mac? OBAMA
B.. And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie? OBAMA and the Democrat Congress.

So when someone tries to blame Bush, REMEMBER JANUARY 3rd,
2007.... THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER!

Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democrat Party. Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for 2008 & 2009 as well as 2010 &2011.

In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which
caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat
belatedly got tough on spending increases.

For 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid bypassed George Bush
entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government
running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they
passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the 2009
budgets. And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a
member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive
spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to
complete 2009.

If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit,
the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in
five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending.
After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and
that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.

If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself. In a
nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I
voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since
January 20th.

There is no way this will be widely publicized in the liberal media because the only defense Democrats can come up with for their dismal failure is “blame it all on Bush”.