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Originally posted by Spanky
1) Why take out entitlements.? To be fisccally responsible McCain would have to address entitlement growthl. At least try to curb their growth. Wihout doing so would not be fiscally responsible.
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Because I am trying to test the limits of your position. The point is that there are parts of the budget that are going to go up in nominal terms each year (entitlements, interest expense, and basically the cost of everything that is paid for in the discretionary budget). To me, the fact that this happens does not mean that a given congress/president increased spending.
You have been arguing that it does (at least wrt to Clinton in 1993). I was trying to figure out if your rule applied only to entitlements or if it also applied to increases that are unquestionably outside of anyone's control (which is why I picked debt service).
ETA: Actually, this leads me to wonder about the numbers you posted. Frankly, I did not look close enough to see if they were in inflation-adjusted terms or nominal terms.
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