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They were/are wartime presidents, war is expensive --> the comparison is bogus.
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LBJ - Vietnam - did not increase spending as much as Reagan/ W.
Carter Cold War - not as much
Bush Senior - Fought cold war and Gulf war, not even close to Reagan and W.
(Iraq War was a war of choice BTW - W "decideded" to go)
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The democrats now are right in there with the same thing, a lack of liberal media interest notwithstanding. To portray democrats as the party of thrift, from a historical standpoint, is just silly.
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The democrats did use less earmarks and less pork barrel spending. But yes they are pretty awful.
From A historical Standpoint, no Republican since Nixon has been fiscally conservative. And that is giving him some wiggle room due to cold war and vietnam.
So about 40 years + ago, yes Republicans were not deficit spenders. But that no longer holds any truth what so ever.
We had a Republican President and Congress and they went BERZERK on spending and increasing the debt.
Ixtellor
P.S. I assume you are busy looking up how much Reagan stole from Social Security.