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Originally Posted by AGDee
What frustrates me is that during the GW's second run for President, they talked down the national debt as if it were no big deal. Now that it's a Dem in office running it up, it's suddenly a major deal again.
I'm not as upset about spending in general, but what things the money is spent ON. I keep hearing that Dems are tax and spend, but I've had a bigger tax cut through the stimulus package than I did through Bush's tax cuts all put together. It's all a bunch of rhetoric. They all spend more money than we have, just like most of our citizens are doing.
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I'm not sure who "they" are, but, again, there are a lot of conservatives who are pretty upset with the way that Bush ran up the national debt and the way he spent. And, as I've said before on this board, if the Dems actually ran a credible candidate that year (instead of Kerry, who's not even a good Senator), then that election could have been a whole different story.
As far as hearing that Dems are "tax and spend," well that's just the stereotype that's come up over the years. Both sides put out rhetoric, it's just the name of the game. It's not like the Dems always stick to the issues and never use rhetoric.
I just wonder when people can finally acknowledge that BOTH parties do this stuff. If the health care debate has taught us anything, it's that both parties love using the moral high ground argument when it's convenient for them.
ETA: I'd also like us to stop talking about "Wall Street and Main Street." It's such a flawed concept that I don't even know where to start.