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The only presidents that made any attempt to balance the budget in the last 40 years were members of the Democratic party. The perception of "right = fiscally r
by blackguardx 1y ago
The only presidents that made any attempt to balance the budget in the last 40 years were members of the Democratic party. The perception of "right = fiscally responsible" and "left = reckless spending" just isn't accurate.
- ahazred8ta 1y agoThe balanced budget of the 1990s was on track to happen regardless of who was in the white house. "the peace dividend has caused a lowering of military spending from 6% of GDP to 3%" -- We sold off half our military bases and folded that revenue into the budget.
- landl0rd 1y agoThen this was a total miscommunication or misread. The last paragraph of my comment was bemoaning precisely this. The right yaps about "we need to cut spending" and never does. The left doesn't yap about it and also never does. "All we'll get is more spending. The right will raise the defense budget and fail to stop recapture and overcharging by defense primes through the broken cost-plus model. The left will raise social spending. We all end up deeper in debt." I have no such perception.