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>>> There's plenty of revenue, and plenty of other spending to cut before we get there. The sequester should take care of some those spending cuts. Getting a D

>>> There's plenty of revenue, and plenty of other spending to cut before we get there. The sequester should take care of some those spending cuts. Getting a Democratically controlled government to cut spending is pretty hard considering they believe the way to stimulate growth is to spend and increase taxes. EDIT: Not saying Democrats are the only ones who like to spend - Bush pushed the debt up quite a bit while he was in office so Republicans are not blameless either. However, most Republicans believe in smaller government, less taxes, and being fiscally responsible.

count 13y ago
Who considers defaulting to be fiscally responsible?
gnaritas 13y ago
Republicans only pay lip service to those ideals, once in office they're far bigger and more irresponsible spenders than democrats. Democrats reduce deficits, republicans increase them, that's the reality.
- cobrausn 13y ago
  Your reality is strange. http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_deficit_chart.html http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_deficit_chart.ht... EDIT: I would question the downvote, considering my post is just a link I grabbed from the first google search on 'deficit spending by year', but then I realized that cognitive dissonance is a harsh mistress. I won't judge if you lash out with your mouse. Aaand I just broke my own rule about replying to downvotes...
  - gnaritas 13y ago
    No, my reality is factual and your link supports what I said, it shows Bush ballooning the deficit and Obama reducing it. You'll find the same thing with the previous Bush and Regan ballooning the deficit while Clinton reduced it.
    - cobrausn 13y ago
      Hah, this is a laughable claim. The final year of the Bush administration (partially shared by Obama, fiscally) being higher and Democrats 'reducing it' is a word game. So are you saying if Democrats give themselves a 1 trillion deficit (via their own policies) and then reduce it by half, this is somehow better than Republicans giving themselves a 500 billion deficit and reducing it by 10 percent? Bush reduced the deficit over several years too, did you ignore that? Gods, you partisans are hilarious.
- at-fates-hands 13y ago
  Thanks for the down vote without a shred of evidence supporting your claim. Very typical of how Liberals argue.
  - dllthomas 13y ago
    It's pretty typical of how humans argue. This doesn't make it a good idea, but painting your opponents with it is a cheap shot. You can find plenty of examples of this on every side of any issue.
  - gnaritas 13y ago
    Your bias is showing. I didn't down vote you, as I replied to you I'm not even allowed to down vote you. And to then presume I did it because I'm liberal, you're clearly not the type for a rational discussion.

count 13y ago

Who considers defaulting to be fiscally responsible?

gnaritas 13y ago

Republicans only pay lip service to those ideals, once in office they're far bigger and more irresponsible spenders than democrats. Democrats reduce deficits, republicans increase them, that's the reality.

cobrausn 13y ago
Your reality is strange. http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_deficit_chart.html http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_deficit_chart.ht... EDIT: I would question the downvote, considering my post is just a link I grabbed from the first google search on 'deficit spending by year', but then I realized that cognitive dissonance is a harsh mistress. I won't judge if you lash out with your mouse. Aaand I just broke my own rule about replying to downvotes...
- gnaritas 13y ago
  No, my reality is factual and your link supports what I said, it shows Bush ballooning the deficit and Obama reducing it. You'll find the same thing with the previous Bush and Regan ballooning the deficit while Clinton reduced it.
  - cobrausn 13y ago
    Hah, this is a laughable claim. The final year of the Bush administration (partially shared by Obama, fiscally) being higher and Democrats 'reducing it' is a word game. So are you saying if Democrats give themselves a 1 trillion deficit (via their own policies) and then reduce it by half, this is somehow better than Republicans giving themselves a 500 billion deficit and reducing it by 10 percent? Bush reduced the deficit over several years too, did you ignore that? Gods, you partisans are hilarious.
at-fates-hands 13y ago
Thanks for the down vote without a shred of evidence supporting your claim. Very typical of how Liberals argue.
- dllthomas 13y ago
  It's pretty typical of how humans argue. This doesn't make it a good idea, but painting your opponents with it is a cheap shot. You can find plenty of examples of this on every side of any issue.
- gnaritas 13y ago
  Your bias is showing. I didn't down vote you, as I replied to you I'm not even allowed to down vote you. And to then presume I did it because I'm liberal, you're clearly not the type for a rational discussion.