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Originally posted by Spanky
The Dems controlled congress for decades and they never balanced a budget. It took a Republican congress to balance the budget. The recession pulled us out of it, but we will see if we get back.
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It took a group of principled conservatives controlling the House of Representatives, and forcing compromises on both the Dem. Senate and the Dem. President to get a balanced budget. it was sustained even when the GOP took the Senate. The Congress had a foil to oppose, and the conflict held down spending.
Now we've seen what happens when the GOP controls all three branches of government, and power has replaced principles in the Congress. The GOP discovered that strictly principled folks tend to be hard to get along with -- and to get reelected over a sustained period of time. Delay is much more interested in being in charge and in cutting taxes than in anything else.
Also, Spanky -- the administration's own reports in 2002-03 (I believe) said that the deficits were 1/3 due to the recession. The other 2/3 were divided roughly evenly between the tax cuts and spending increases.
S_A_M
