Look at this comparison. In 50 years of aggregate democratic controlled congresses, the debt went up 4.2 trillion dollars. In only 14 years of Republican controlled congresses, the debt went up nearly 5 trillion dollars.
With presidents, under Democratic presidents, the debt went up 2.4 trillion dollars and under Republican presidents, the debt has gone up 6.7 trillion dollars.
Republicans are the party of fiscal conservatism? What is left to prove that, at a minimum, both sides spend but its the conservatives that appear to be lying about it and say its just the Dems? Why is this still a mantra of the republican party?
2007-10-05 09:25:13 · 12 answers · asked by Tom C 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
because cons want to spend money on war, stopping sex, and helping religion
dems want to save lifes with things like heathcare, help people, better education/make it cheaper, and don't care about what people do with their personal lives
2007-10-05 10:22:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ron Paul is about the only Republican candidate than can claim fiscal responsibility with any validity.
I find it funny that it was a Democrat president (Bill Clinton) that last passed a balanced budget. The Bush Administration has record tax revenues, yet also has record budget deficits. Sounds like a whole lot of spending by the Republicans. Don't they realize that it's not really their money?
LOL!! I have CNN on in the background, and while typing this, they played a clip of Guilianni commenting on the Republicans recent record on out-of-control spending. He said, "Shame on us!" Maybe I should consider voting for him if the election comes down to him and Hillary.
2007-10-05 09:34:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because 75cents out of every tax dollar goes to funding Democratic created entitlements programs
2007-10-05 09:29:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are confusing yourself. It is conservatives who favor less government and less government spending, tax reductions.
The Republicans in Congress are not conservative. I think sitting too close to Democrats has contaminated them with doses of the spending disease.
2007-10-05 09:31:26 · answer #4 · answered by regerugged 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The NeoCon dominated Republican party has run this country into the ground financially...Generations to come will feel the pain of the total disregard for responsibility seen in the Bush administration. For shame, Mr. Bush...
2007-10-05 09:28:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
There has not been an attempt to bypass an unconstitutional regulation in numerous years. you should be bearing on the courts holding rules that Republicans handed unconstitutional precise? if so then I see your frustration. God needs rules handed and it incredibly is against the regulation to do it. @info not Spin i presumed you have been itemizing the flaws that Republicans have faith till I have been given to the top.
2016-10-21 03:55:19 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Demagoguery and populist soundbites are so much easier to come up with than Economic policy that actually works.
2007-10-05 09:38:13 · answer #7 · answered by Acte Ahena Goelengal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dems tax and spend. Republicans tax spend and borrow more.
2007-10-05 09:28:56 · answer #8 · answered by CaesarLives 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is all a sham. ALL the politicians spend money. Yours and mine. WE are the losers no matter who is in power.
2007-10-05 09:35:11 · answer #9 · answered by Al a voter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Curious if your numbers consider the time-value of money?
2007-10-05 09:32:29 · answer #10 · answered by KRR 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋