Republicans
are only the party for fiscal responsibility when they don't control
the Executive branch. Before Reagan, the national debt was less than
one trillion. Under Reagan, it ballooned to over four trillion, despite
a general economic boom in the US and no wars. George H. W. Bush
managed to ratchet it up to around seven, though, in his defense, he did
have a war in a foreign country and a
recession, and, in fairness, he had to pay interest on Reagan's four
trillion, which, over four years, at six percent is more than an
additional trillion dollars right there.
Despite the debt
Clinton had been left by his two Republican predecessors, he ran a
budget surplus over all, and actually left the national debt smaller
than he found it, both as a percentage of GDP and in overall dollars.
George W. Bush took less than 180 days to blow the surplus. He then
added even more to the national debt than Reagan did. W. couldn't even
blame the Democrats, because, for six of his eight years, the Dems
didn't have control of either house of congress, nor did the liberals
have control of the Supreme Court.
But the same party, often
the same people, Mr. Boehner who racked up those massive debts, are now
claiming to be fiscal hawks. It isn't about spending, debt, or money.
It is about opposition to the Democratic President, regardless of
reason. The Affordable Care Act will save money over the next twenty
years, and likely also increase the tax base, but the Republicans don't
want that.
They're liars. They lie because they don't have a
real argument and they don't have a real plan. So they use deceit and
misinformation. I'm not permitting it anymore. I'm going to tell the
truth about something the Republicans are lying about. Because someone
has to. If, at some point, the Republican party becomes less of a
national embarrassment, I'll start talking about something else.
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