Was it really Bushes fault--isn't that narrative getting a bit old?

The truth does not fade with age. The banks....the basis of capitalism failed and you the taxpayer bailed it out. They still got their bonus's even though they failed. It is the same in the UK, the Tories blame the deficit on Labour but it was the banks that failed but labour could not let them fold taking ordinary peoples money so they bailed them out by nearly a trillion pounds. The Tories blame Labour but it saved the Tories natural voters (the bankers). In reality it was a socialist goverment that bailed out a capitalist institution. All the confusion is spread by a foul little Australian gimp called Rupert Murdock....both here and in the USA.