Comparison: George W. Bush Vs. Barack Obama

Jazmine Richmond

1ST Bennet

JROTC

May 16 2018

Compare and contrast between George W. Bush and Barack Obama

George W Bush and Barack Obama have multiple differences and similarities in their presidency.

They do their Economic policy, Foreign policy , and Domestic policy different but they are still so parallels to one another. George Walker Bush was born in New Haven , CT. He went to Yale and Harvard to get his Bachelor degree in history. During this time he was a cheerleader and a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon. He has two kids with his wife Laura Welch. Their kids names are Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush. Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu ,HI. He went to the University of Columbia and Harvard to get a J.D in law. He is

events during each presidency . During George W Bush presidency there were four terrorist attacks, by the Islamic group Al-Qaeda, against the United States on Tuesday morning September 11, 2001 which was known as “9/11”. After the attack Bush gave a speech in response to the attack explaining how the U.S. was outraged. Another event in Bush’s presidency was his trillion dollar tax cuts. In 2001, he authorized a tax cut called the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA). This stimulated the economy during the 2001 recession. It saved taxpayers but increased the debt by $1.35 trillion over a 10-year period. During Barack Obama’s presidency there was a shooting during a constituent meeting in a supermarket parking lot in Casas Adobes, Arizona where U.S Representative Gabrielle Giffords and eighteen other people were shot. Six people including District Judge John Roll died. Another major event that happened under Obama was the Budget Control act of 2011. The act cut $487 billion from projected defense spending over the next few years. The act also paved the way for sequestration, which would slash an additional $495 billion from the defense budget, for an overall total of almost $1 trillion in

Both presidents spent more money on defense then administration since WWII. Bush launched the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The War on Terror cost more than $1.5 trillion over its lifetime. Obama cut back both wars. He relied on military intelligence and technology to get Osama bin Laden. They also used expansionary fiscal policy to combat recessions by stimulating economic growth. Bush fought the 2001 recession with tax cuts. He designed the first tax rebate, the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, to jump-start consumer spending. Obama, in turn, passed the $787 billion Economic Stimulus Act. This act created jobs in education and infrastructure, ending the recession in the third quarter of 2009. Both Presidents took action to address rising healthcare cost. Bush created the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program. It helped seniors with prescription drug costs up to a point, known as the "doughnut hole." Obama pushed through the Affordable Care Act. Its goal was to reduce health care costs. The benefits it provided were realized after 2014. Obamacare closed the Medicare “doughnut hole.” one that Bush had