I have been hearing for years Democrats want bigger Government and to spend all the money. Was that a lie???

Question

OR IS BUSH A DEMOCRAT???

Answer 1

Democats like providing social programs.
Republicans like providing military programs.

Bush could give a rat's @ss about taxes. He keeps his eye on the prize of controlling Middle Eastern oil!

Most people do not realize that income tax is used solely for the purpose of paying back the Federal Reserve.
The government borrows the money from the reserve to run the government every year and then our income tax money repays that loan with interest!
Nice ...Eh?
So when everyone talks about roads and schools ....income tax has only one purpose and it doesn't have any affect on those things!

Answer 2

Yes and no. Democrats historically have been in favor of larger government; believing you need more government involvement in a variety of things and thus need more departments and divisions to handle those things. Republicans have historically been opposed to that, arguing that the government at the federal level should be less involved in daily life and thus we don't need as many departments and divisions as we already have.

Bush campaigned on a theme of small government, and for the first year of his administration largely stuck to at least keeping the government from getting any larger. After 9/11, however, it was necessary to create an entirely new branch of the government, the Department of Homeland Security, which not only rolled in many existing departments (FEMA and such) but also created new ones. This is largely responsible for the "expansion" of the US government under the current president. I personally don't think that makes him a hypocrite, since DHS was arguably one of the most necessary things after 9/11.

Answer 3

well there is some truth in that statement. both parties believe in spending but have very different agendas. democrats (minus the new democrats represented by the clintons) tend to focus on social welfare programs, such as health care, welfare, etc. Republicans tend to be more tied into the military industrial complex (see the carlyle group) and tend to jack up military spending. Republicans also pursue deficits for a more subversive and ideologically (libertarian capitalism) driven goal. They seek to roll back the programs of FDR's new deal and Lyndon Johnnson's Great Society by incurring large government deficits and then claiming that they are to blame (see the debate on social security,) For more information see Paul Krugman's writing for the New York Times op-ed page. You can view his articles for free here http://economistsview.typepad.com/
Just search 'Krugman' in the upper right hand corner.

Answer 4

No, it was true. The lie was that the Republicans didn't want the same thing!

The only diference is where they want to get the money, and what they want to spend it on. The Dems want transfer payments - rob from the middle class and give to the underclass and the elderly. The Reps want military spending - borrow from the wealthy, buy weapons... and tax the middle class to pay the interest.

Answer 5

It was a lie--or more specifically, propaganda.

The emphasis of the Democratic Party is diffrent, certainly. Politicians and acctivists tend to place more emphasis on social problems and economic/social equity--but are nomor (or less) likely to overspend in the process. Republicans/conservatives (real ones, not the neo-cons) focus more on economic "macroissues"--growth, stimulating business, etc. not out of disregard for "the poor," and so forth, but because they see that as fundamental for improving things for everyone.

And the truth is,both are right--and they complement each other. The conservative approach does help promote growth--but in their pursuit of this "big picture" tend to underemphasize the "micro"--how this plays out in the everyday lives of average people. Liberals are the essential corrective to this--but they need the conservatives to offset their own tendancy to overlook the need to create wealth before you can help anybody.

Strengths and weaknesses to both--but they are natural allies, not the opposing forces the right-wing makes them out to be.

Answer 6

You mean the 400 billion spent in Iraq and spending down the surplus in a deficit. Or the adding of gov't departments. Interesting thought process here...

Answer 7

That is a lie, perpetuated by the Republicans, so that there would be more money for the GOP to spend when they got into office.

Remember, the only thing worse than a 'tax-and-spend' Democrat is a 'Don't-Tax-and-Spend-Anyway' Republican.

Answer 8

Bush is a Repubocrat.

Answer 9

Today's Republicans want bigger government but don't want to pay for it. They'd rather their children and grandchildren pay for it.

Answer 10

Nope, he's still a moron.