Rent To Own

Daniel Gross, in Slate's Money Box column, here, thoroughly deconstructs the Bush "Ownership" mantra. Read to find out exactly how much the rebounding economy sucks.

Here are a few tidbits:

Total debt: $22.8 trillion (up from $18.1 trillion during Bush's tenure)

Federal debt: $4.15 trillion (up 22%)

Total household debt: $9.5 trillion (up 36%)

Mortgage debt outstanding: up 43%

Consumer credit: up 20%

State & local government debt: up 33%

Slacktivist also does a very complete takedown of the owe-nership idea. You'll wonder where the money went...