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Originally Posted by whell
So the budget reconciliation process will only happen if Obama is re-elected, eh?
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It sure as hell won't happen if the Romneybot 8.0 get elected. Look up Jude Wanniski's "Two Santa Claus Theory".
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You may not have noticed, but both parties are already playing election year politics with the budget.
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You said it yourself: election year politics. The thing to look at is the party with an actual history of fiscal responsibility. Despite all their mouth noises,it ain't the Republicans.
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Also, to what specifics can you direct me to demonstrate that the Obama has a track record on reducing the size of government or reducing the budget deficit?
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Well, there are all those unemployed government workers. Anyway, this is not the time for fiscal restraint. Look how well austerity programs, like those our Conservative friends favor, are working in Europe.
You people think that somehow the "Magic of American Exceptionalism" will make it work here when it hasn't ever worked anywhere. By the way, that includes the Good Ol' US of A. At the insistence of the Republicans and some Democrats, FDR tried it during his first term. the Depression deepened as a result. Only after he was able to implement the New Deal, a massive government spending program, did things begin to turn around.
John