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"olddog" wrote:

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Sure the Republicans think they can stir the economy up by lowering taxes
but then they fail to do the budget cuts necessary to achieve a balanced
budget. Look back to Reagan. Star Wars blew our budget. now Dubya with his
war and the bail out.

Most of the time, though especially through the Reagan era, the Dems
were in control of the purse strings. Remember the yearly press
conferences where the Dem leadership called the RR budgets "dead on
arrival"?
W learned from Daddy not to trust the Dems with good reason. When the
"Budget Summit" was held the Dems said they would not go and nothing
would get past the Congress unless there were both tax increases and
budget cuts. In the spirit of bipartisanism, GHWB signed the tax
increase and the Dems beat him over the head with it. BTW: They forgot
the budget cuts they promised.



Republicans talk-the-talk but they don't walk-the-walk. That's why I want a
change and Obama says he'll go through the budget and eliminate wasteful
spending. It's just like I tell my wife. It's not what you make; it's what
you spend!

Interestingly, they did for about the first five years. The yearly
percentage increase in expenditures was less than the five previous
years under the dems. The bad part is after about 5 years, the GOP lost
their way and percentage increases for the next 5 years were back to
where they were before.


Fine, lower taxes, but don't increase federal spending. Make damn sure what
is being spent is benefiting us and not some pet project of the presidents.
Or the Congresscritters.