Differences Between Bush And Obama

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Despite the many differences between Bush and Obama, both presidents used a similar expansionary fiscal policy. Which makes sense since they were both facing bad economic times during their presidency. Expansionary policy stimulates economic growth but in the long run it can damage the economy. I will go on to explain how the Obama Administration took on the financial crisis. The Obama Administration outlined their economic policies in the 2008 presidential election campaign. Once Obama was elected, he appointed Paul Volker to head his Economic Advisory Panel. He then went on to begin the $787 billion Economic Stimulus Package, which brought the economy back to positive GDP growth by the third quarter in 2009. Following this he went on
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