[narlus]

another myth shattered. and i'm not talking about the massive cost of the iraqi debacle.

from today's WSJ:
"The other great symbol of GOP failure is the proliferation of earmarked spending. In 1994 there were 1,500 such projects stuffed into Democratic spending bills, and Republicans called this a fiscal disgrace. This year Republicans approved closer to 15,000 earmarks at a cost of more than $10 billion. The current leadership defned this earmarking even after such embarrassments as the Alaska Bridge to Nowhere were exposed. When they finally agreed to minimal transparency, it was too late."

 

[Reactor]

Republicans haven't been fiscally conservative since before Reagan/Bush(the first). Those two piled up most of the national debt (at the time) with outrageous deficit spending and it took 8 years of democratic reforms to stem deficit and actually start running a surplus. The bush the second comes along and doubles the national debt. We're going to need about 16 years of democratic control to balance the budget and start paying off the massive debt the republicans have saddled us with.

 

[reflux]

Republicans haven't been fiscally conservative since before Reagan/Bush(the first). Those two piled up most of the national debt (at the time) with outrageous deficit spending and it took 8 years of democratic reforms to stem deficit and actually start running a surplus. The bush the second comes along and doubles the national debt. We're going to need about 16 years of democratic control to balance the budget and start paying off the massive debt the republicans have saddled us with.

Freedom hater.

 

[Westy]

I've seen a few articles on the Republican leadership talking about how they have to go back to the small government days of Reagan. I read that as now blame the dems in power for the overblown deficit spending.

 

[valve bouncer]

I think nowadays the only way to diferentiate between the frothers and the progressives is through social policy.

 

[kidwoo]

I'm shocked.

 

[jimmydean]

It blows me away to think of how fast this country went from a surplus to the huge hole we have now.

And to think I thought I wasn't fiscally responsible, sheesh.

 

[Old Man G Funk]

It blows me away to think of how fast this country went from a surplus to the huge hole we have now.

And to think I thought I wasn't fiscally responsible, sheesh.

It's even worse than that when Bush's economic advisors are telling us all that deficit spending is always a good idea. Couple that with a Congress that is willing to increase the deficit ceiling on Bush's say-so, and it's not too surprising we got to where we are.

 

[JohnE]

It blows me away to think of how fast this country went from a surplus to the huge hole we have now.

And to think I thought I wasn't fiscally responsible, sheesh.

Agreed 100%!

 

[blue]

I was thinking about it last night after reading a column that stated in the first few paragraphs how Republicans are the "war/fiscally responsible party". Then it hit me...have Republicans run a successful war in the past 100 years? Or even dealt with any real crisis well?

*sigh*