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WahooRQ

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Not really true, tbh. "Fiscal responsibility" just means a general


practice of funding expenditures through taxes and prudently using deficits to stimulate the economy but rolling them back after they have served their purpose.

That isn't too far from the Dems' normal MO. Some programs (Medicare, SS) need reform but Dems have never shown an unwillingness to do so.

Reagan, Dubya, and now Trump are the only presidents we have seen who decided to slash taxes during expansionary periods and juice up defense spending (the one area where anyone reasonable can agree we DON'T need more money being spent). Obama did the Keynesian thing as he was expected to do and reduced the deficit yearly after the recovery....despite the GOP blocking him from raising taxes and blocking him from doing anything else during his second term. Clinton actually ran budget surpluses.

So really it's only one "side" that chooses to rob the country on behalf of their robber baron benefactors, and it's the one whose mantra is "cut and spend." The fact that they think it's stupid to spend money on things like healthcare and education doesn't make them the least bit "responsible" .... it just reinforces what an ugly, backwards, and morally bankrupt party they are.

(In response to this post by WahooMatt05)

Posted: 02/12/2018 at 2:44PM



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So what is up with the budget? -- Quaker 02/12/2018 2:03PM
  As David Brooks said on the NewsHour, -- HowieT3 02/12/2018 2:52PM
  Ouch ** -- Quaker 02/12/2018 3:07PM
  Unfortunately, that is very accurate. ** -- HoosWillWin 02/12/2018 2:55PM
  Deficit hawks hibernate during GOP administrations ** -- hokeyhokie 02/12/2018 2:09PM

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