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Originally Posted by Ixtellor";p="
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.
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Because Vietnam wasn't as big or as important as the Cold War. No Carter didn't spend as much, in the meantime his administration was being pushed around like a trollop by the Soviets and contributed to the "malaise" he spoke about.
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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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Actually not true, take away cold war spending and Reagan was fiscally conservative. However he was limited, his veto was overridden by the spendthrift democrat congress for items like the multi billion dollar Big Dig boondoggle.
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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.
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Actually about 10 years ago, the Republican congress can be thanked for controlling spending while Clinton was in office as well.
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We had a Republican President and Congress and they went BERZERK on spending and increasing the debt.
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Agreed...they also had some help from the Democrats who had their own pork projects, helped with passage of spending bills, and have thus far shown no intent whatsoever in ending that spending. They're just replacing it with things they like.