TOON: Sunday's Doonesbury - "Myth of GOP Fiscal Responsibility"

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make people think that was equivalent to "fiscal responsibility", but I never thought they tried very hard on that score. I also think that fewer people were fooled into believing in that equivalence than this doonesbury would have you believe.

The party with the best record of serving Republican economic values is the Democrats. It isn't even close.

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Federal spending (aka "big government"): It has gone up an average of about $50 billion a year under presidents of both parties. But that breaks down as $35 billion a year under Democratic presidents and $60 billion under Republicans. If you assume that it takes a year for a president's policies to take effect, Democrats have raised spending by $40 billion a year and Republicans by $55 billion.

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Federal revenue (aka taxes): You can't take it away from them: Republicans do cut taxes. Or rather, tax revenue goes up under both parties but about half as fast under Republicans. It's the only test of Republican economics that the Republicans win.

That is, they win if you consider lower federal revenue to be a victory. Sometimes Republicans say that cutting taxes will raise government revenue by stimulating the economy. And sometimes they say that lower revenue is good because it will lead (by some mysterious process) to lower spending.

The numbers in the Economic Report of the President undermine both theories. Spending goes up faster under Republican presidents than under Democratic ones. And the economy grows faster under Democrats than Republicans. What grows faster under Republicans is debt.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20059-2005Apr1.html

and the taxpayers paid billions, Bush2 same theory and another taxpayer bailout for a bank for billions. The economy is built from the bottom up, nothing is secure at the top unless the bottom is sturdy.

we need to stamp them all out and soon. they are traitors and nothing more.

I nearly hurt a rib. :rofl:

Awesome Doonesbury, but I repeat myself.

Thankee Hissy :hi: :hug: :)

Whenever any Democrat finds him or herself in front of a camera, they should throw this out every single

time. Bartcop says it best, Democrats don't know how to fight. Unfortunately when Democrats lose, the

country loses.

I swear I've seen it before...

That's what White America is concerned about, it's not about balanced budgets and fiscal restraint, it's all about "Welfare Queens."

Repugs will still say Reagan was fiscally responsible. And it's not because he balanced the budget. He just gave less to THOSE PEOPLE.

right on the head.