Not only the W years, but all that time the rethuglicans had to fuck this country up has come to a head.  Bill Clinton is not one of my favorite people but I think if it had not been for those 8 years he was in office to temper down the destructiveness of the rethuglican congress we would be worse off than we are now, if that is possible.  Bush had a huge surplus when he took office and he squandered that in his first 2 yrs of office.  Plus add to the 1 - 2 trillion mentioned above the estimated 2 - 3 trillion the war in Iraq is estimated to end up costing us.  And it isn't even on the books. 

Imagine how much more fucked up the country will get with McCain "economy is not my strong point" and the air head Palin if they win the election.  I am glad I put some cash in my safety deposit box when Bush was 1st appointed and added to it as I could. Even tho the $ stashed back in 01 is now worth about 50 cents, at least I won't have to give it to the greedy jerks on wall street to bail them out.