AhHa..
so the 1.863 was President Clinton
that means that there is a missing Bush year in my calculation.
I found the numbers for the missing years at
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/bush_budget_09.html#usgs302 it appears that
in 2008 bush spent 2.931 trillion
and
in 2009 bush spent 3.107 trillion
so I said he spent 20 trillion when he actualy spent
20.359 trillion durring his presidency.
in contrast to Bush spending the Clinton admin spent
a mere 16.21 trilion durring his 8 years.
so Bush a Republican actually spent more than the Republicans are willing to admit or want to admit
because they are always harping about Obamas spending.
when the facts are that Republicans always have spent more.
thus THEY ARE WHY WE ARE IN SUCH FINANCIAL TROUBLE
in the past it has always been that the Republicans would get us in debt and then when a Democrat became President he would work to get us out of debt.