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[quote=jficquette][quote=jpinpb]You neglected to mention the surplus that we had w/Clinton, in contrast to the deficit we have now.[/quote]

The surplus was due to the Republican’s reform of welfare and other items in its contract with America passed in 1994.

Clinton was just along for the ride.[/quote]

You neglected to mention that the Republican Congress dismantled the PAYGO balanced budget rules in the early 2000s so they could finance Bush’s tax cuts with deficit spending.

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Thank you, Higgy. Very useful and timely (my mail-in ballot just arrived).

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Thank you, Higgy. Very useful and timely (my mail-in ballot just arrived).

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Thank you, Higgy. Very useful and timely (my mail-in ballot just arrived).

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Thank you, Higgy. Very useful and timely (my mail-in ballot just arrived).

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Thank you, Higgy. Very useful and timely (my mail-in ballot just arrived).

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[quote=jficquette] It was the Republicans and the “Contact with America” that balanced the budget.[/quote]

I think you mean contRact, unless you’re referencing Republicans bending America over once again. :o)

We’ll have to agree that it was a Democratic President (Clinton) and a Republican Congress who were present when the budget got balanced. No way of getting around that.

Now let’s look at what happened when we had a Republican President and a Republican Congress..

The Republican Congress eliminated the PAYGO rules (established under Bush I and a Democratic Congress) that basically outlawed deficit spending:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAYGO

The Republican Congress eliminated PAYGO in the early 2000s in order to finance Bush’s tax cuts using a deficit.

This proves once and for all that the Reps can control spending no better than the Dems…they just choose to spend it on different things. Same result either way: our kids will pay for our follies.

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[quote=jficquette] It was the Republicans and the “Contact with America” that balanced the budget.[/quote]

I think you mean contRact, unless you’re referencing Republicans bending America over once again. :o)

We’ll have to agree that it was a Democratic President (Clinton) and a Republican Congress who were present when the budget got balanced. No way of getting around that.

Now let’s look at what happened when we had a Republican President and a Republican Congress..

The Republican Congress eliminated the PAYGO rules (established under Bush I and a Democratic Congress) that basically outlawed deficit spending:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAYGO

The Republican Congress eliminated PAYGO in the early 2000s in order to finance Bush’s tax cuts using a deficit.

This proves once and for all that the Reps can control spending no better than the Dems…they just choose to spend it on different things. Same result either way: our kids will pay for our follies.

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[quote=jficquette] It was the Republicans and the “Contact with America” that balanced the budget.[/quote]

I think you mean contRact, unless you’re referencing Republicans bending America over once again. :o)

We’ll have to agree that it was a Democratic President (Clinton) and a Republican Congress who were present when the budget got balanced. No way of getting around that.

Now let’s look at what happened when we had a Republican President and a Republican Congress..

The Republican Congress eliminated the PAYGO rules (established under Bush I and a Democratic Congress) that basically outlawed deficit spending:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAYGO

The Republican Congress eliminated PAYGO in the early 2000s in order to finance Bush’s tax cuts using a deficit.

This proves once and for all that the Reps can control spending no better than the Dems…they just choose to spend it on different things. Same result either way: our kids will pay for our follies.

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[quote=jficquette] It was the Republicans and the “Contact with America” that balanced the budget.[/quote]

I think you mean contRact, unless you’re referencing Republicans bending America over once again. :o)

We’ll have to agree that it was a Democratic President (Clinton) and a Republican Congress who were present when the budget got balanced. No way of getting around that.

Now let’s look at what happened when we had a Republican President and a Republican Congress..

The Republican Congress eliminated the PAYGO rules (established under Bush I and a Democratic Congress) that basically outlawed deficit spending:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAYGO

The Republican Congress eliminated PAYGO in the early 2000s in order to finance Bush’s tax cuts using a deficit.

This proves once and for all that the Reps can control spending no better than the Dems…they just choose to spend it on different things. Same result either way: our kids will pay for our follies.

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[quote=jficquette] It was the Republicans and the “Contact with America” that balanced the budget.[/quote]

I think you mean contRact, unless you’re referencing Republicans bending America over once again. :o)

We’ll have to agree that it was a Democratic President (Clinton) and a Republican Congress who were present when the budget got balanced. No way of getting around that.

Now let’s look at what happened when we had a Republican President and a Republican Congress..

The Republican Congress eliminated the PAYGO rules (established under Bush I and a Democratic Congress) that basically outlawed deficit spending:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAYGO

The Republican Congress eliminated PAYGO in the early 2000s in order to finance Bush’s tax cuts using a deficit.

This proves once and for all that the Reps can control spending no better than the Dems…they just choose to spend it on different things. Same result either way: our kids will pay for our follies.

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I wouldn’t hold my breath for MJ to be legalized, though I would like to see it happen also.

There are too many people making too much $$ by keeping it illegal, and too few people who would benefit financially from it becoming legal.

I am pretty convinced that the only reason it became illegal in the first place is that it enhances sex so much, uptight 1930s America thought women would become uncontrollable (gasp!).

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I wouldn’t hold my breath for MJ to be legalized, though I would like to see it happen also.

There are too many people making too much $$ by keeping it illegal, and too few people who would benefit financially from it becoming legal.

I am pretty convinced that the only reason it became illegal in the first place is that it enhances sex so much, uptight 1930s America thought women would become uncontrollable (gasp!).

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I wouldn’t hold my breath for MJ to be legalized, though I would like to see it happen also.

There are too many people making too much $$ by keeping it illegal, and too few people who would benefit financially from it becoming legal.

I am pretty convinced that the only reason it became illegal in the first place is that it enhances sex so much, uptight 1930s America thought women would become uncontrollable (gasp!).

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I wouldn’t hold my breath for MJ to be legalized, though I would like to see it happen also.

There are too many people making too much $$ by keeping it illegal, and too few people who would benefit financially from it becoming legal.

I am pretty convinced that the only reason it became illegal in the first place is that it enhances sex so much, uptight 1930s America thought women would become uncontrollable (gasp!).

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