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In response to "what do you expect? as long as their congressman can do something for them, it's everyone else's congressman who is the problem. -- nm" by znufrii

Congress should be about working together, but Republicans foster a notion of ME ME ME!! individualism

Posted by con_carne Sep 4 '08, 09:15

"Get the government off my back!" Yes, I said *Republicans*. I have been watching this RNC and it's the same notion they've always repeated.

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Oh please, you can't blame one side and not the other for this mess. We're 28 years into a massive debt explosion. - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:17 19
- Correct, both parties are to blame. I just think the Republicans' mentality of low taxes and war hawking is most responsible for the debt -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 09:24 4
  - Bush isn't good by any means. He's anything but wise on budgets. But the Democrats aren't much better. - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:25 2
    - Partisan for the sake of being partisan: Probably. I think I am being extra hatey on the GOP cause of watching the convention. (I am actually angry) -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 09:32
    - I think it is time for another American Revolution! -- nm - amoxy Sep 4, 09:29
  - more accurately, it's their intellectually dishonest approach to spending, including on the war. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 09:25
- I thought our budget was balanced and our debt was quite small when Clinton left office. Is that wrong? -- nm - Jim Sep 4, 09:19 12
  - Clinton had a 2 year time frame Congress and him couldn't spend money quick enough; but teh deficit increased under him. - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:21 1
    - Here's a linkage graph. -- (link) - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:24 [Image]
  - I thought there was, in fact, a budgetary surplus then but the national debt was still quite large. -- nm - mara Sep 4, 09:20 7
    - Yeah, when you owe $10k on your credit cards, and you can pay $10 extra over the interest payment, you're still in trouble. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:22 6
      - ... but it's better than not paying that $10 -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 09:24 5
        
        Really, at least Clinton made the attempt to move us in the right directions - amoxy Sep 4, 09:25
        
        Or not paying at all. -- nm - Jim Sep 4, 09:24 3
        
        Or charging more to that credit card. -- nm - mara Sep 4, 09:28 2
        
        Hello world, I'd like to get an increse on my limit. Thanks. -- nm - USA Sep 4, 09:34 1
        
        Okay! -- nm - US Congress Sep 4, 09:36
  - our national debt wasn't small, it'd just stopped increasing. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 09:20 1
    - deficit vs. debt -- nm - zork Sep 4, 09:21
- and ironically, the only time we've had a balanced budget was when a democrat was in the white house. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 09:19

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