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sleigh ([personal profile] sleigh) wrote2010-11-20 08:38 am

Who's Responsible

Snagged from [livejournal.com profile] ysabetwordsmith: a chart by Chuck Spinney, a Reagan-era budget analyst, showing the presidents Truman through Bush II, and how the national debt either increased or decreased during their terms.

Which begs the question: why do Republicans say they're the ones who are fiscally responsible?

[identity profile] maiac.livejournal.com 2010-11-20 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"why do Republicans say they're the ones who are fiscally responsible?"

(a) Because that's what voters want to hear, and nobody in the so-called "news" media bothers to correct them.

(b) Because "fiscally responsible" means "making sure only the people who support us get government subsidies."