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Originally Posted by joeydb
[regarding Democrats] They just can't stop themselves from spending, like the crack addict mentioned a couple of posts previous to this.
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Let's have a dose of reality with this silly meme, and put it to rest once and for all with the truth. What have the Democrats spent? Historically (since 1950's) we can compare them to Republicans, and it's not very pretty, nor very favorable.
What have the Dems spent in the past two years, Joey? Look that up, and get back to me on if our regular spending has increased or decreased, and what our budget has done.
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Most people believe that Democrats are big spenders and that Republicans are tight-fisted. The evidence leads to a very different conclusion.
Since 1970, spending has grown 64% faster when a Republican sits in the White House than when a Democrat does.
* In the twelve years that a Democrat has sat in the White House, spending has increased at an average rate of 1.29% per year; during the 22 years of Republican presidencies, government spending has risen at an average rate of 2.12%. In other words, spending has grown 64% faster when a Republican sits in the White House than when a Democrat does.
* During the 20 years Democrats have controlled both houses of Congress, spending has grown at an average rate of 1.84% per year, more than double the average rate of 0.89% per year during the six years the GOP ran Congress. (During the other eight years, when control of Congress was split between the two parties, spending grew at an average rate of 2.52%. The split-control years all occurred during Republican presidencies.)
* When Democrats controlled the White House plus both houses of Congress, spending grew at 1.70% per year, slightly below the average growth rate of 1.83% for the entire period.
* The slowest spending growth occurred when a Democrat sat in the White House and Republicans controlled both houses of Congress. Spending rose by an average of just 0.89% during the six years of this situation, which all occurred with Bill Clinton as president and Newt Gingrich as Speaker of the House.
* During the 14 years Republicans controlled the White House and Democrats controlled both houses of Congress, spending grew at an average annual rate of 1.92%. During the eight years with a Republican president and a split Congress, spending grew at 2.54% per year.
The results are quite clear – not only do Republican presidents spend far more money, but they often spend it on such “necessities” as creating wars. Sadly, the American people are extremely unlikely to let the use of any for of facts, figures, or statistics inform their decisions. So, it looks like the Republican Party can continue with it’s campaign of FUD, and people will listen.
http://atypicalguy.wordpress.com/200...-vs-democrats/
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And, let's look at where our national debt has increased, and what has had a great influence on the fiscal problems we now find our selves within:
