What would you consider to be false in the list? Not that there aren't any.
The thing you're talking about taking 8 years is usually bills. Presidents sign a number in bills while in office, and usually they are not in affect until a couple of years down the road.
Of course all presidents do that sort of thing. The majorority of the decline in deficit while Bush has been in office is NOT bc of past bills or actions from other presidents. He also gives alot of money to other countries while we still have homeless people walking the streets, school systems that could use help, a social security system on the verge of extinction and no national healthcare....nice to know we can help 3rd world countries out with more money than many nations have for a GNP.
I know I didn't make the list, I usually find certain things attaining to the subject to help express an idea. Whatever works.