IMHO, Bush 43 had little himself to do with the meltdown of 2008.
This was long overdue. The Fed had been putting off “natural” corrections since Clintons day.
Like all such cases where the limits of speculative investment are not corrected, when they do get corrected its worse.
As for the bailing out - it was the entire ruling class that wanted that, and they got it. The 1%, or rather the .01%
I never said it was Bush43’s fault. What I am saying is that
he was not smart enough to see through the smoke screen and
do the right thing.