Objectively intelligent.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Adder

Are you really contending that Clinton and Obama wouldn't try to pay for the spending they wanted without GOP constraint? Because that's not at all true. They "paid for" the ACA when they controlled both houses, for example.

If you're saying they would have spent more and raised taxes to pay for it absent GOP influence, yes, that's true. But at least the last 28 years says that Dems in control would not mean more deficit spending.

Which is bad, because at least for the last 11 years or so, when we've had below-target inflation and historically low interest rates, we should have been less afraid of deficits.

We have no idea if ACA was "paid for." But we do know that the proposed taxes cost the Dems both houses.