In article ,
Don Homuth wrote:

On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:32:38 GMT, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

In article ,
Don Homuth wrote:

On 5 Sep 2006 08:10:17 -0700, "lein"
wrote:


Keep in mind, no Democrat run congress, in Don's adult life, has cut
spending or reduced the debt.

Keep in mind as well that the Republican Congress has, in Don's adult
life, increased both spending and the national debt in amounts that
Far exceed the total of all D congresses combined.

That's the appropriate perspective on the discussion.

Not hardly... although they have certainly tried.

Yeah -- it's a fact. The numbers are readily available.\

Where? I did the math from the Stat Abstract and that isn't what I
came up with. Although, as I mentioned, I think it was more a function
of time-served than anything remotely resembling fiscal responsibility
on anyone's part.

More a function
of longevity in control than anything else.

Strangely enough, even by being in control for Less time than the Ds,
the Rs have done more spending and run up higher deficits than all the
D totals thus far.

That's the Fact, jack!

Cite. My cite (the Statistical Abstract of the US) doesn't agree
with that. (Even inflation adjusted.