Posted at LP.org by Donny Ferguson on Feb 21, 2009. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.
The next time one of your Republican friends complains about Obama’s spending, point him to this St. Paul Pioneer Press column by economist Edward Lotterman. Republicans can talk about how they’re "small government" and "fiscally responsible", but history says they’re virtually indistinguishable from Democrats.
"Republicans opposed to the Obama administration’s fiscal stimulus bill fretted noisily about ‘spending money we don’t have’ and ‘passing a burden on to our grandchildren.’
"Their concern for fiscal prudence is laudable, but not credible, given the past 60 years. While Republicans had a deserved reputation for fiscal probity from Lincoln through Nixon, their contempt for balanced budgets since 1981 is at the root of our national debt problems…
"…George W. Bush is the champ, however. More than 36 percent of the total came from deficits between his first budget year, fiscal 2002, and February 2009"
And before you blame Democrat congresses for the debt, keep in mind Bush worked with a Republican congress for all but two years of his term.
5 responses so far ↓
1 paulie cannoli // Feb 25, 2009 at 3:24 am
All very true.
Equal worth pointing is that Democrats are, in reality, virtually indistinguishable from Republicans on peace and civil liberties issues, all rhetoric aside.
2 Donald Raymond Lake // Feb 25, 2009 at 4:32 am
Oh, it is just the Libertarian way: gripe gripe gripe until the issue [private prisons, social security, veterans programs] comes to a head and then slink into the shadows! The Libertarians, standing out by blending in…………..
3 paulie cannoli // Feb 25, 2009 at 4:36 am
Oh, it is just the
LibertarianDonald Raymond Lake way: gripe gripe gripefixed
4 Paulie // Feb 25, 2009 at 4:39 am
I see Don is now linked to
http://www.reformpartyusa.us/
What are they doing about the issues? More than the LP? Oh, wait…
5 paulie cannoli // Feb 25, 2009 at 4:43 am
Then there is this other Reform Party, which someone linked here under party websites (not me).
http://reformpa.web.aplus.net/
I can’t even see this site in firefox, as it is blocked for being a spam attack/malware site on this computer.
How many states does the Reform Party still have ballot access in? Maybe 2 or 3? Down from almost every state in 2000.
And Don wants to talk shit about the LP, while linking to the Reform Party?
Please.
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