"thunder" wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 06:57:54 -0500, Jeff Rigby wrote:


So Bush is going to increase the national debt by several trillion with
his
special interests (war on Terror, education) where did the other 43
trillion in debt come from? Democrats who are not traditionally
fiscally
responsible. And Jim you want to replace Bush with WHAT? A Democrat.

Where the federal debt is concerned, Republicans are #1.

http://zfacts.com/p/318.html

Also See:
http://calc.dickinson.edu/Introducti...Task814/task81
4.html

If you correct the above graph to display the true value of the dollar i.e.;
correct for inflation, the graph is not as steep. But it does tend to
indicate that the federal budget has increased more under Republican
presidents. This is a misdirection since the budget (spending) is
controlled by the congress. Looking at spending by who controlled congress
shows that there is a direct correlation with spending. A Democrat
controlled congress is the runaway spender.

In any case the Federal budget is too fat. Many programs need to be cut.