Mom made another good point this morning: Why are the Republicans always talking about how much Democrats spend, when they are the ones who consistently put us into more debt as a nation?
Graphic from National deby by U.S. presidential terms, with added highlighting for presidencies when our national debt increased and their party affiliation.
Comment by Abby
September 4, 2008 @ 2:57 pm
Very interesting, Robert. Thanks for commenting. I keep my head about a lot of this stuff a lot of the time, but I’ve been talking with Jake a lot about this stuff lately, so I have a renewed interest. That, and there’s a presidential campaign on my TV!
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Comment by Robert Fischer
September 4, 2008 @ 11:17 am
To answer your rhetorical question — because the contemporary GOP is still riding on Eisenhower/Nixon/Ford’s coattails, and Congressional Republicans take credit for the tax surplus that we had during Clinton’s term, too.
BTW, history has shown that cutting taxes to “starve” the government leads to higher spending and government expansion: I have a blog post on the topic, but here’s the kicker for the impatient: