"The difference in what was, and what could have been"
That 'difference' is absolutely shocking. If the fascist Supreme Court had not given Bush the 2000 election we'd have massive surpluses, 4% unemployment, no 9/11 and 10,000 Americans alive and not dead. And that's just part of it.

Are we really thinking about going back to more Bush? If you don't believe the 'massive surpluses', check out page 14 on what the CBO projected in January 2001, the month Bush weaseled his way into our White House.

In January 2001, CBO's baseline projections showed a cumulative surplus of $5.6 trillion for the 2002–2011 period.

That's what George W. Bush and a Republican dominated Congress did to our nation. And you fucking fools want to go back to that?