In article , CJT
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clifto wrote:

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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Huckabee is a pro-life tax-and-spend Democrat in Republican Party clothing.

If you can be honest for a moment, you will realize that the "tax and
spend" stereotype has not fit the Democrats in a long time (if it ever
did) and that it in fact better fits the Republicans (although they
often modify it slightly to "borrow and spend").

Tax and spend is a dem issue because they are the ones who like to
increase taxes. You are probably right on the b&s part for the GOP.
Interesting and little appreciated stat. If you look at expenditures in
the Stat Abstract, an take three distinct blocks of time (50years before
the '94 take over by the GOP, the first five years of their "rule" and
the 5 years that followed, you will note that the % of yearly increase
in spending was the same on either end, with a decrease for the few
years until the GOP went to the Dark Side, too.
Seems as though spending is fine thing for both sides.
Another interesting indication is a LONG line of studies showing that
if spending increases were limited to inflation, the budget would
balance within 3-5 years (depending on which specific year you are
talking about..



Just look at the party affiliation of the person who is responsible for
the recent doubling of the national debt.