Compare And Contrast Bush And Obama

Two public figures that can be compared are Barack Obama (44th President) and George W. Busch (43rd President). A little background information about them before there President titles. On August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Barack Hussein Obama II was born to Anne Dunham and Barack Obama Sr. Obama Jr was elected the 44th President of the United States on the Democrat side from 2009-2017 and become the first African-American commander-in-chief. On July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut, George Walker Bush was born to parents George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush. George W. Bush was elected the 43rd President of the United States on the Republican side from 2001-2009. Now let’s compare their economic policies.
In defense terms, both Obama and Busch spent way more on defense then any administration since World War II. Most people don’t know that Obama spent more on defense than Busch did. Obama spent about $700 billion a year while Busch only spent $500 billion. In response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Bush launched the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Obama cut back both wars. He instead relied on military intelligence and technology to catch and imprison Osama bin Laden.
Bush and Obama used expansionary economic policy to fight recessions by motivating economic growth. Bush fought the 2001 recession with tax cuts. He designed the
In 2005, Bush completed the Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement, He also signed joint agreements with Australia in 2005, Bahrain and Oman in 2006, Chile, Morocco and Singapore in 2004, and Jordan in 2001. The Trans-Pacific Partnership was negotiated by the Obama administration. But sadly, it wasn’t finished before the end of his term. In June 2015, Congress awarded Obama the "fast track" trade promotion authority. The Obama administration had major success with joint agreements in Peru in 2009, Colombia and Panama in 2011, and South Korea in