Bail out what exactly. The people. He came out with stimulus for the people in the form of extended employment insurance etc. Bush penned and signed tarp near the end of 08 when he was still president. That was the bail out money. Obama liked it, that was it. Then decided on a bail in policy that I'm certain you know nothing about. They've used it in Greece check it out. So yeah obamas debt would be like apples to apples when it comes to poor debt. He started endless quantitative easing and the failed 2015 omnibus bill/ tax extended and another one that failed in the same year. All of which seriously added to the debt and failed.  Now Americans basically rely on new QE every few years to stay afloat. Btw bush was an incompetent as well. Maybe not quite as incompetent as obama though at least in the debt dept.