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Originally Posted by bradclark1
It takes two to tango. You ought to know that. The President and Congress. Both had been Republican but debt went uncontrolled when Bush took office. And the buck stops where?
1996 $4.9 trillion in federal debt
2001: $4 trillion in federal debt
2007: $9 trillion in federal debt
Or is that just some kind of coincidence?
 Global warming started under Bush. Didn't you know.
Edit: Just for grins and giggles. http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/ |
Like a $4.9 Trillion debt is something to be proud of? This sounds like the old Democrat "vote for us because we're not as bad as the republicans" argument.
The truth is that each year since 1969, regardless of who is in charge, Congress has spent more money than it "earned". Even when they claim budget surpluses they were still spending more than they were taking in. But you really can't blame the president (Rep or Dem) for this. Without the line item veto he has to approve or disapprove an entire annual spending bill rather than just stripping the unrelated pork from it like most of the governors in this country can do when their legislatures start going hog wild with the people money.