There is much debate about who was the best or worst president in US history. It's too important of a subject to rely on opinion polls which are skewed by the influence of individual bias and political views. Yet It's difficult to quantify how good or bad any president may have been in comparison to another. However, a careful look at the facts shows one president failed in virtually every aspect of the job to a degree unrivaled by any other president.
When you review the facts below and consider his impact on our economy, foreign policy and domestic policy, by almost any standard, it’s difficult to find any president who did more harm and left the country in worse shape than George W. Bush.
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Although he was the first president in decades to inherit a budget surplus, George W. Bush immediately wiped out that surplus, turned it into the biggest budget deficit in history (exceeding one trillion dollars per year by the time he left office) and added more debt than all presidents before him combined..
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