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Oh, brave new world!
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Originally posted by Spanky
This was not a legitimate response to Slave. The Senate and House kept Clinton in check when the Repubus took over in 95. Before that The Dems controlled every branch of government. And the spending that he proposes was not going to increase jobs. That is the huge myth that supposedly intelligent people keep repeating. When the government spends money to increase "Jobs" the taxes or deficits created to make those jobs cost more jobs than the resulting revenue creates.
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Slave said, "Clinton was basically kept in check by the House and Senate." As 1993-94 shows, this is flat-out wrong. Clinton invested serious political capital in balancing the budget, increasing taxes and cutting spending (in the face of uniform opposition from Republicans on the Hill).
eta: Perhaps the problem here is that when Republicans talk about fiscal responsibility, they have in mind cutting taxes, not than balancing the budget.
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Last edited by Tyrone Slothrop; 02-22-2008 at 11:10 PM..
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