You Do The Math - the Sequester is a scam

I'll ask a few questions, then you can scroll through the US budget from 1879 to 2012 and see why I am asking these questions.

Question #1)   If the 2013 budget is HIGHER than any of Bush's budgets, and about the same as the 2012 budget, then why did the sequester hit this Spring, and border security is down, and FAA air traffic control is down, and military spending is way down, and illegal immigrants were released from jail?  This included the violent criminals and drunk drivers!  As I recall, Bush didn't have a problem with money to pay FAA air traffic control, he spent 100 billion MORE in Iraq and Afghanistan, and still ran up less debt than Obama.

Here are the Presidents' submissions for the federal budgets:

• 2013 United States federal budget – $3.8 trillion (submitted 2012 by President Obama)^[132]
• 2012 United States federal budget – $3.7 trillion (submitted 2011 by President Obama)
• 2011 United States federal budget – $3.8 trillion (submitted 2010 by President Obama)
• 2010 United States federal budget – $3.6 trillion (submitted 2009 by President Obama)
• 2009 United States federal budget – $3.1 trillion (submitted 2008 by President Bush)
• 2008 United States federal budget – $2.9 trillion (submitted 2007 by President Bush)
• 2007 United States federal budget – $2.8 trillion (submitted 2006 by President Bush)
• 2006 United States federal budget – $2.7 trillion (submitted 2005 by President Bush)
• 2005 United States federal budget – $2.4 trillion (submitted 2004 by President Bush)
• 2004 United States federal budget – $2.3 trillion (submitted 2003 by President Bush)
• 2003 United States federal budget – $2.2 trillion (submitted 2002 by President Bush)
• 2002 United States federal budget – $2.0 trillion (submitted 2001 by President Bush)
• 2001 United States federal budget – $1.9 trillion (submitted 2000 by President Clinton)
• 2000 United States federal budget – $1.8 trillion (submitted 1999 by President Clinton)
• 1999 United States federal budget – $1.7 trillion (submitted 1998 by President Clinton)
• 1998 United States federal budget – $1.7 trillion (submitted 1997 by President Clinton)
• 1997 United States federal budget – $1.6 trillion (submitted 1996 by President Clinton)
• 1996 United States federal budget – $1.6 trillion (submitted 1995 by President Clinton)

Bush spent a trillion dollars LESS than Obama each year, on average, even though Bush had:
    * the stock market crash of 2000 (before he was elected)
    * an "inherited recession"
    * the destruction of the Twin Towers and the World Trade Center, Manhattan's financial district
    * the crash of the airline industry
    * the resulting BIGGER recession
    * the start of the Global War On Terror
    * the conquering of two nations
    * the surge in Iraq during the Afghanistan war
    * the Bush era tax cuts
    * the creation of the Gitmo prison with over half a thousand prisoners of war
    * a partial bailout of Detroit Auto in 2008

The Iraq War was Spring of  2003 through Dec of 2010.

   while on the other hand, Obama:
   * had a smaller stock market crash (which he helped cause with guaranteed home loans)
   * had one recession, not two
   * had 1 and 1/2 wars that were trailing off, not 2 wars that were in full tilt (twice as costly!!)
   * ended the Iraq War to pay for the surge in Afghanistan
   * had a 3x bigger bailout in 2009
   * scaled down the Global War On Terror (even its name)
   * used drone strikes instead of boots on the ground
   * is not adding prisoners to Gitmo, now numbering under 200
   * is letting terrorists get the upper hand both abroad and at home
   * cut Benghazi security by a factor of 4
   * ended the Bush era tax cuts and raised other taxes
   * slashed the budgets for the military, the FAA, border patrol, INS and much more


Question #2)  If Detroit and Wall Street bailouts were in 2008 and 2009, then why did spending remain 900 BILLION and 1 TRILLION dollars higher than 2007 for the following years: 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013?

Question #3)  If spending on Iraq dropped to zero, and spending in Afghanistan is cut in half in 2012 and 2013, then why didn't spending go down?

With spending so high, where is our money going?  My liberal brother claims that Bush passed a law that didn't take effect until Obama took office.  Said law raised spending on seniors medical care.  That's part of the Medicare and Medicaid piece of pie on this chart, which are 800 billion dollars combined.

Medicare and Medicaid has always been around 20% of the budget.

Tell me how an increase in the federal budget of 600 billion can be blamed on seniors' medicare expansion, when that part of the budget is always around 20% of the total budget?  The increase is probably about the same percentage increase as the federal budget: 23% of 600 billion = 138 billion.

Medicare and Medicaid still 23% of the budget.

    Could it be the fact Obama is the "food stamp President"?
    Could it be guaranteed loans for all sorts of failing businesses, such as Solyndra and A123 Batteries, who both went bankrupt.
    Could it be that guaranteed student loans were increased, both in years and dollars?
    Could it be he brought back guaranteed home loans for risky buyers?
    Could it be even more funneling to the Teacher's Union and the Auto Union than we know about?
    Could it be he's spending more money to investigate/audit Americans and the press than terrorists?
    Could he be running more guns to Mexican drug cartels than we learned about in Fast And Furious?

    Could it be all of the above?

Here's Discretionary spending, in case you suspect seniors' medicare might be hidden there:

Dept. of Health And Human Services costs more than the war in Afghanistan.

Question #4)  Why did Obama brag about the economy and the war on terror, in the 2012 campaign, when those were the TWO things he obviously botched?

Question #5)  The national debt hit 17 trillion dollars in the Fall of 2013.  Divided by 315 million Americans means we each owe nearly 54,000 dollars.  Why did Obama run for President claiming that Bush's debt was a crime, when it was almost half of Obama's?

This includes the 11 million illegals who don't pay taxes, and half the population who aren't in the work force.  People with jobs will be paying more like $121,000.  And that's only if we cut spending by 1.3 trillion dollars TODAY.

So the question is...    to women who don't yet have equal pay, and to homosexuals who don't yet have gay marriage...   Was it worth it?

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US budget 1789- 2012

from:
http://m.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2014/assets/hist01z1.xls

Table 1.1—SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS, OUTLAYS, AND SURPLUSES OR DEFICITS (–): 1789–2018
(in millions of dollars)
Year Total On-Budget Off-Budget
Receipts Outlays Surplus or Deficit (–) Receipts Outlays Surplus or Deficit
(–) Receipts Outlays Surplus or Deficit (–)
1789–1849 1,160 1,090 70 1,160 1,090 70 .......... .......... ..........
1850–1900 14,462 15,453 -991 14,462 15,453 -991 .......... .......... ..........
1901 588 525 63 588 525 63 .......... .......... ..........
1902 562 485 77 562 485 77 .......... .......... ..........
1903 562 517 45 562 517 45 .......... .......... ..........
1904 541 584 -43 541 584 -43 .......... .......... ..........
1905 544 567 -23 544 567 -23 .......... .......... ..........
1906 595 570 25 595 570 25 .......... .......... ..........
1907 666 579 87 666 579 87 .......... .......... ..........
1908 602 659 -57 602 659 -57 .......... .......... ..........
1909 604 694 -89 604 694 -89 .......... .......... ..........
1910 676 694 -18 676 694 -18 .......... .......... ..........
1911 702 691 11 702 691 11 .......... .......... ..........
1912 693 690 3 693 690 3 .......... .......... ..........
1913 714 715 −* 714 715 −* .......... .......... ..........
1914 725 726 −* 725 726 −* .......... .......... ..........
1915 683 746 -63 683 746 -63 .......... .......... ..........
1916 761 713 48 761 713 48 .......... .......... ..........
1917 1,101 1,954 -853 1,101 1,954 -853 .......... .......... ..........
1918 3,645 12,677 -9,032 3,645 12,677 -9,032 .......... .......... ..........
1919 5,130 18,493 -13,363 5,130 18,493 -13,363 .......... .......... ..........
1920 6,649 6,358 291 6,649 6,358 291 .......... .......... ..........
1921 5,571 5,062 509 5,571 5,062 509 .......... .......... ..........
1922 4,026 3,289 736 4,026 3,289 736 .......... .......... ..........
1923 3,853 3,140 713 3,853 3,140 713 .......... .......... ..........
1924 3,871 2,908 963 3,871 2,908 963 .......... .......... ..........
1925 3,641 2,924 717 3,641 2,924 717 .......... .......... ..........
1926 3,795 2,930 865 3,795 2,930 865 .......... .......... ..........
1927 4,013 2,857 1,155 4,013 2,857 1,155 .......... .......... ..........
1928 3,900 2,961 939 3,900 2,961 939 .......... .......... ..........
1929 3,862 3,127 734 3,862 3,127 734 .......... .......... ..........
1930 4,058 3,320 738 4,058 3,320 738 .......... .......... ..........
1931 3,116 3,577 -462 3,116 3,577 -462 .......... .......... ..........
1932 1,924 4,659 -2,735 1,924 4,659 -2,735 .......... .......... ..........
1933 1,997 4,598 -2,602 1,997 4,598 -2,602 .......... .......... ..........
1934 2,955 6,541 -3,586 2,955 6,541 -3,586 .......... .......... ..........
1935 3,609 6,412 -2,803 3,609 6,412 -2,803 .......... .......... ..........
1936 3,923 8,228 -4,304 3,923 8,228 -4,304 .......... .......... ..........
1937 5,387 7,580 -2,193 5,122 7,582 -2,460 265 -2 267
1938 6,751 6,840 -89 6,364 6,850 -486 387 -10 397
1939 6,295 9,141 -2,846 5,792 9,154 -3,362 503 -13 516
1940 6,548 9,468 -2,920 5,998 9,482 -3,484 550 -14 564
1941 8,712 13,653 -4,941 8,024 13,618 -5,594 688 35 653
1942 14,634 35,137 -20,503 13,738 35,071 -21,333 896 66 830
1943 24,001 78,555 -54,554 22,871 78,466 -55,595 1,130 89 1,041
1944 43,747 91,304 -47,557 42,455 91,190 -48,735 1,292 114 1,178
1945 45,159 92,712 -47,553 43,849 92,569 -48,720 1,310 143 1,167
1946 39,296 55,232 -15,936 38,057 55,022 -16,964 1,238 210 1,028
1947 38,514 34,496 4,018 37,055 34,193 2,861 1,459 303 1,157
1948 41,560 29,764 11,796 39,944 29,396 10,548 1,616 368 1,248
1949 39,415 38,835 580 37,724 38,408 -684 1,690 427 1,263
1950 39,443 42,562 -3,119 37,336 42,038 -4,702 2,106 524 1,583
1951 51,616 45,514 6,102 48,496 44,237 4,259 3,120 1,277 1,843
1952 66,167 67,686 -1,519 62,573 65,956 -3,383 3,594 1,730 1,864
1953 69,608 76,101 -6,493 65,511 73,771 -8,259 4,097 2,330 1,766
1954 69,701 70,855 -1,154 65,112 67,943 -2,831 4,589 2,912 1,677
1955 65,451 68,444 -2,993 60,370 64,461 -4,091 5,081 3,983 1,098
1956 74,587 70,640 3,947 68,162 65,668 2,494 6,425 4,972 1,452
1957 79,990 76,578 3,412 73,201 70,562 2,639 6,789 6,016 773
1958 79,636 82,405 -2,769 71,587 74,902 -3,315 8,049 7,503 546
1959 79,249 92,098 -12,849 70,953 83,102 -12,149 8,296 8,996 -700
1960 92,492 92,191 301 81,851 81,341 510 10,641 10,850 -209
1961 94,388 97,723 -3,335 82,279 86,046 -3,766 12,109 11,677 431
1962 99,676 106,821 -7,146 87,405 93,286 -5,881 12,271 13,535 -1,265
1963 106,560 111,316 -4,756 92,385 96,352 -3,966 14,175 14,964 -789
1964 112,613 118,528 -5,915 96,248 102,794 -6,546 16,366 15,734 632
1965 116,817 118,228 -1,411 100,094 101,699 -1,605 16,723 16,529 194
1966 130,835 134,532 -3,698 111,749 114,817 -3,068 19,085 19,715 -630
1967 148,822 157,464 -8,643 124,420 137,040 -12,620 24,401 20,424 3,978
1968 152,973 178,134 -25,161 128,056 155,798 -27,742 24,917 22,336 2,581
1969 186,882 183,640 3,242 157,928 158,436 -507 28,953 25,204 3,749
1970 192,807 195,649 -2,842 159,348 168,042 -8,694 33,459 27,607 5,852
1971 187,139 210,172 -23,033 151,294 177,346 -26,052 35,845 32,826 3,019
1972 207,309 230,681 -23,373 167,402 193,470 -26,068 39,907 37,212 2,695
1973 230,799 245,707 -14,908 184,715 199,961 -15,246 46,084 45,746 338
1974 263,224 269,359 -6,135 209,299 216,496 -7,198 53,925 52,862 1,063
1975 279,090 332,332 -53,242 216,633 270,780 -54,148 62,458 61,552 906
1976 298,060 371,792 -73,732 231,671 301,098 -69,427 66,389 70,695 -4,306
TQ 81,232 95,975 -14,744 63,216 77,281 -14,065 18,016 18,695 -679
1977 355,559 409,218 -53,659 278,741 328,675 -49,933 76,817 80,543 -3,726
1978 399,561 458,746 -59,185 314,169 369,585 -55,416 85,391 89,161 -3,770
1979 463,302 504,028 -40,726 365,309 404,941 -39,633 97,994 99,087 -1,093
1980 517,112 590,941 -73,830 403,903 477,044 -73,141 113,209 113,898 -689
1981 599,272 678,241 -78,968 469,097 542,956 -73,859 130,176 135,285 -5,109
1982 617,766 745,743 -127,977 474,299 594,892 -120,593 143,467 150,851 -7,384
1983 600,562 808,364 -207,802 453,242 660,934 -207,692 147,320 147,430 -110
1984 666,438 851,805 -185,367 500,363 685,632 -185,269 166,075 166,174 -98
1985 734,037 946,344 -212,308 547,866 769,396 -221,529 186,171 176,949 9,222
1986 769,155 990,382 -221,227 568,927 806,842 -237,915 200,228 183,540 16,688
1987 854,288 1,004,017 -149,730 640,886 809,243 -168,357 213,402 194,775 18,627
1988 909,238 1,064,416 -155,178 667,747 860,012 -192,265 241,491 204,404 37,087
1989 991,105 1,143,744 -152,639 727,439 932,832 -205,393 263,666 210,911 52,754
1990 1,031,958 1,252,994 -221,036 750,302 1,027,928 -277,626 281,656 225,065
56,590
1991 1,054,988 1,324,226 -269,238 761,103 1,082,539 -321,435 293,885 241,687
52,198
1992 1,091,208 1,381,529 -290,321 788,783 1,129,191 -340,408 302,426 252,339
50,087
1993 1,154,335 1,409,386 -255,051 842,401 1,142,799 -300,398 311,934 266,587
45,347
1994 1,258,566 1,461,753 -203,186 923,541 1,182,380 -258,840 335,026 279,372
55,654
1995 1,351,790 1,515,742 -163,952 1,000,711 1,227,078 -226,367 351,079 288,664
62,415
1996 1,453,053 1,560,484 -107,431 1,085,561 1,259,580 -174,019 367,492 300,904
66,588
1997 1,579,232 1,601,116 -21,884 1,187,242 1,290,490 -103,248 391,990 310,626
81,364
1998 1,721,728 1,652,458 69,270 1,305,929 1,335,854 -29,925 415,799 316,604
99,195
1999 1,827,452 1,701,842 125,610 1,382,984 1,381,064 1,920 444,468 320,778
123,690
2000 2,025,191 1,788,950 236,241 1,544,607 1,458,185 86,422 480,584 330,765
149,819
2001 1,991,082 1,862,846 128,236 1,483,563 1,516,008 -32,445 507,519 346,838
160,681
2002 1,853,136 2,010,894 -157,758 1,337,815 1,655,232 -317,417 515,321 355,662
159,659
2003 1,782,314 2,159,899 -377,585 1,258,472 1,796,890 -538,418 523,842 363,009
160,833
2004 1,880,114 2,292,841 -412,727 1,345,369 1,913,330 -567,961 534,745 379,511
155,234
2005 2,153,611 2,471,957 -318,346 1,576,135 2,069,746 -493,611 577,476 402,211
175,265
2006 2,406,869 2,655,050 -248,181 1,798,487 2,232,981 -434,494 608,382 422,069
186,313
2007 2,567,985 2,728,686 -160,701 1,932,896 2,275,049 -342,153 635,089 453,637
181,452
2008 2,523,991 2,982,544 -458,553 1,865,945 2,507,793 -641,848 658,046 474,751
183,295
2009 2,104,989 3,517,677 -1,412,688 1,450,980 3,000,661 -1,549,681 654,009
517,016 136,993
2010 2,162,706 3,457,079 -1,294,373 1,531,019 2,902,397 -1,371,378 631,687
554,682 77,005
2011 2,303,466 3,603,059 -1,299,593 1,737,678 3,104,453 -1,366,775 565,788
498,606 67,182
2012 2,450,164 3,537,127 -1,086,963 1,880,663 3,029,539 -1,148,876 569,501
507,588 61,913
2013 estimate 2,712,045 3,684,947 -972,902 2,038,558 3,044,916 -1,006,358
673,487 640,031 33,456
2014 estimate 3,033,618 3,777,807 -744,189 2,294,478 3,062,692 -768,214 739,140
715,115 24,025
2015 estimate 3,331,685 3,908,157 -576,472 2,553,429 3,137,025 -583,596 778,256
771,132 7,124
2016 estimate 3,561,451 4,089,836 -528,385 2,735,891 3,260,397 -524,506 825,560
829,439 -3,879
2017 estimate 3,760,542 4,247,448 -486,906 2,891,827 3,370,159 -478,332 868,715
877,289 -8,574
2018 estimate 3,973,974 4,449,240 -475,266 3,056,516 3,516,155 -459,639 917,458
933,085 -15,627
* $500 thousand or less.
Note: Budget figures prior to 1933 are based on the "Administrative Budget"
concepts rather than the "Unified Budget" concepts.