Originally posted by: Craig234
Originally posted by: Specop 007
Originally posted by: Craig234
Originally posted by: Phynaz
Why is it every time a Democratic political candidate opens his or her mouth the first thing out of it is talk of raising taxes?
Why are you voting for the Republicans who have shot up our spending so that we have to raise taxes to pay off the debt, instead of the budget balancing party?
Ahh, ignorance of history. Wonderful. Well done Craig. Theres that blind partisanship shining through. "MY party doesnt spend..."
Uh huh.
Your attack of 'ignorance of history' could serve a purpose if you backed it up with facts and substance, but you can't, leaving you look like the loudmouth you are.
Let's consider history, in a very brief summary:
US History 1789 - 1980: small to moderate deficits, outside of war
1981-1992: Republicans skyrocket the debt
1993-2000: Democrat reduces the deficit every year and eliminates it
2001-2008: Republican skyrockets the deficit back up to very high levels
Historically, the government frowned on debt. In the liberal era from FDR to LBJ, Keynesian economics took hold and deficits were used as tools.
In 1981, the corrupt Republicans discovered the magic that having the public convinved you were a small spender, letting you politically get away with the benefits of huge borrowing to get money for all the nice little things you wanted, and we had Republicans talksing small and spending big while convincing the public Democrats were the big spenders. Neat trick until Clinton came along.
Blind partisanship is a phrase you have probably heard used about you quite a bit, but it's not for parroting towards anyone who has corrected your errors, like a child.
For what it's worth, Dems are far from perfect. They're just far better than Republicans.
I don't tend to talk to people who are both ignorant and loudmouths. Do better if you want a response to another post.