A lot of people are putting the blame on Bush for our tremendous deficits and financial troubles. This is understandable, a lot of people think that the current President is the one responsible. It is not always accurate, however. The decline in the economy happened before Bush was even in office, because the budget is always done one year ahead. So in 2001, they already had the budget for 2002, which is were a noticeable economic decline occurred. To me it is like saying Martin Van Buren was responsible for the decline of the economy during his term, when it was really Andrew Jackson stuffing all of the cash into 'pet banks.'
