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Originally Posted by Ixtellor";p="
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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. |
Citations from a credible source?
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(Iraq War was a war of choice BTW - W "decideded" to go)
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ALL wars are "decided" to go. Congress passed the war resolution.
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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.
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Nixon was the last one who didn't have to fight a war, just wrap up an existing one. Comparison ---> bogus.
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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.
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Democrats have ALWAYS been deficit spenders - and skip the crapola, they went along with all the regrettable republican spending under Bush, except for their recent attempts to pull the rug out from under a commander in chief for the costs of our military in the middle of a war, something that is unprecedented in american history.