When President George W. Bush was in office, most conservatives were very upset at the amount of spending that was going on. We were willing to put up with the expense of war, when justified, but the other spending that the Republican-controlled congress shoveled on the American people and President Bush signed into law was unacceptable and a constant source of frustration.
From the gargantuan and Orwellian-named Department of Homeland Security to Medicare Pard D to the pork-laden highway and farm bills to the horrible omnibus spending bills that had more giveaways to home districts for congressmen, we growled and yelled at the waste and the debt. Then came the capper at the end of the Bush administration, TARP, which shoveled billions of dollars at super-rich mega corporations to prevent them from paying for their stupidity.
