Obama’s budget a result of Bush recession

I appreciated Rick David's explanation of why he supports the Tea Party movement (March 10 letter, “Tea party solutions come from individual”) but feel criticism should be directed at Republicans more than Democrats. Mr. David said that President Obama “is bankrupting our nation with massive spending programs.”

Spending is necessary to dig us out of the Bush recession. Obama's budget is out of whack because during the six years of Bush and total GOP control of the budget, Republicans gave huge tax cuts that were overwhelmingly skewed to the wealthy, sponsored an unfunded Medicare drug benefit and fought two expensive, unfunded wars. Also throw in interest payments on the debt incurred by budgets from Reagan and both Bush presidencies as another factor. Take away those Republican policy choices and the budget would be balanced today.

Mr. David also said “We are tired of politicians who play the class warfare game and divide our country.” Billionaire Warren Buffett said, “If class warfare is being waged in America, my class is clearly winning.” Republicans have always been the party of the rich, the corporations, the special interests. They are opposite of what the Tea Party should stand for.

Adam Nicholson

Cedar Rapids