Your 3 is not accurate. As even the SNL skit acknowledged, the Bush administration pushed a bill to do something about it, which the Democrats stopped.
As even the SNL skit acknowledged, the Bush administration pushed a bill to do something about it, which the Democrats stopped.
Well, if SNL said it, what was I thinking?......
Honestly, I think there probably was a lot that the Bush Administration could have done, with or without Congress, if they had the political will. I do lump Bush in with the “grow at any cost” Republicans. The rest of us get to pay the bill.