[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by tater

They absolutely contributed, but BO et al have now spent more than W et al did in a far longer time frame. To blame the Republicans, the dems would have to have STOPPED the spending, not accelerated it.

Calculations by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office and other independent fiscal experts show that the $1.1 trillion cost over the next 10 years of the Medicare prescription drug program, which the Republican-controlled Congress adopted in 2003, by itself would add more to the deficit than the combined costs of the bailout, the stimulus and the health care law.

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At the same time, most Republicans are calling for the permanent extension of all Bush-era tax cuts, which would add $700 billion more to the deficit over the next 10 years than President Obama and Democratic leaders have proposed by continuing only some of the lower rates.

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On the campaign trail, many Republicans are calling for a repeal of the health care law, a step that would actually increase the deficit by more than $100 billion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office, by eliminating some cost-saving provisions — a fact that typically goes unmentioned.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/us...pend.html?_r=2


And you people believe the garbage spouted off in these ads. Pick your favorite piece of political propaganda? I'd rather not.