America in 20 years under republican control, under democrat control?

[CPA]

Some of you seem to forget that before the republican freshman came in in '94 and gave them both control of the house and Senate, the Dems controlled either the Presidency, Congress or both for the prior 30 years. I don't think I need to point out where that has gotten us. Just look around. And like someone else pointed out, it wasn't until after the turnover that the budget got balanced. Where were the dems up until then?

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: Gonad the Barbarian
20 years of Republicans ..... a government agency for everything from grocery shopping to picking your nose, .....

Wouldn't National healthcare be a government agency? Hmm, intrusive? I think so

Neither will sustain "power" for 20 years straight. We may have a Democrat or Republican President for 20 years straight but Congress and the House most certainly will sway back and forth. ahh the ebb and flow of Politics

CkG

 

[SuperTool]

So where are these Republican heroes that balanced our budget now? If they could do it with that pesky Clinton in the White House, why can't they do it with their own guy in the Oval Office?
Oh, and before I hear any more about 9/11, so what? Get over it already. Sh!t happens. That's no excuse to throw out fiscal discipline. Do you think furure generations will not have any problems of their own and will be able to devote themselves fulltime to paying off the debts we straddled them with?
9/11 is just another excuse for Republicans to forget about deficits. Like cold War Was before?

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: SuperTool
So where are these Republican heroes that balanced our budget now? If they could do it with that pesky Clinton in the White House, why can't they do it with their own guy in the Oval Office?
Oh, and before I hear any more about 9/11, so what? Get over it already. Sh!t happens. That's no excuse to throw out fiscal discipline. Do you think furure generations will not have any problems of their own and will be able to devote themselves fulltime to paying off the debts we straddled them with?
9/11 is just another excuse for Republicans to forget about deficits. Like cold War Was before?

OK, I'll call up George and have him send you the bill then we'll see how balanced your budget is then


CkG

 

[SuperTool]

Is that a joke, cus I missed the point? I am running a nice fat surplus in my household, thank you very much, and I pay more than my share of taxes, being single renter making high 5 digits.
You won't see me saying my taxes are too high, because if they were high enough, we wouldn't have a deficit. I appreciate what this country has given me, and have no problem paying my share of it.

 

[NesuD]

Originally posted by: SuperTool
So where are these Republican heroes that balanced our budget now? If they could do it with that pesky Clinton in the White House, why can't they do it with their own guy in the Oval Office?
Oh, and before I hear any more about 9/11, so what? Get over it already. Sh!t happens. That's no excuse to throw out fiscal discipline. Do you think furure generations will not have any problems of their own and will be able to devote themselves fulltime to paying off the debts we straddled them with?
9/11 is just another excuse for Republicans to forget about deficits. Like cold War Was before?

It was much easier to balance the budget when there was a booming economy thus higher tax revenues to add to the balance sheet. right now the economy is pretty flat thus tax revenues are significantly lower. I'm sure you can see how this would impact anyones ability to balance a budget.

 

[sandorski]

Hmm, Reps currently control House, Senate, and Presidency. You can't get more Republican than that, yet the Deficit is reaching record levels. It would seem that having one party in control of everything is dangerous.

 

[SuperTool]

Originally posted by: NesuD

Originally posted by: SuperTool
So where are these Republican heroes that balanced our budget now? If they could do it with that pesky Clinton in the White House, why can't they do it with their own guy in the Oval Office?
Oh, and before I hear any more about 9/11, so what? Get over it already. Sh!t happens. That's no excuse to throw out fiscal discipline. Do you think furure generations will not have any problems of their own and will be able to devote themselves fulltime to paying off the debts we straddled them with?
9/11 is just another excuse for Republicans to forget about deficits. Like cold War Was before?

It was much easier to balance the budget when there was a booming economy thus higher tax revenues to add to the balance sheet. right now the economy is pretty flat thus tax revenues are significantly lower. I'm sure you can see how this would impact anyones ability to balance a budget.

I would have no problem with running deficits for the next year, and then once the economy picks up running surpluses to pay off the debt. But Bush has locked us in to taxcuts and deficits for the next 10 years, and wants to make it permanent. The problem is that we are usually running huge deficits, but when the economy is good instead of paying down the debts incurred during slowdowns, we are barely breaking even.

 

[Tom]

"What would the country be like in twenty years if the republicans held the presidency and congress for that span?"

One sexually dysfunctional guy would own everything.

 

[JellyBaby]

That's no excuse to throw out fiscal discipline.

Somehow it's "okay" to do exactly that, I think, in the minds of most conservatives as long as the Right Party is running the show. Most Rs don't seem to mind a return to record deficit spending as long as it's somehow linked to the military, a constitutionally valid expense. The Ds are a very weak opposition party right now and IMO are more concerned with winning elections than fighting for the little guy.

But both R and D parties are morphing into the same. Bush and Gore agreed on a bit too much for my liking during the last "debates". Somehow, though, I like both sides will manage to keep their believers against the opposition, even if they agree on more issues (the devil is always in the detail).

I do agree it's unlikely either party would reign supreme for 20 years straight, although right now it looks good for the Rs to grab another 4 for the Presidency at least.

 

[EXman]

20 years of Republicans and this country would go bankrupt

the Dems are the one for big government not the Republicans. The only thing Clinton downsized was the military he disrespected for those eight morally bankrupt years.

 

[jaeger66]

Originally posted by: EXman
the Dems are the one for big government not the Republicans.

Myth.

 

[EXman]

Dude CNN is a liberal rag that is not a source if you watched CNN during the war you'd think we were losing the whole time that is why their ratings sucked compared to Fox (yes it is the conservative equivilant.)

 

[Ferocious]

Republicans at one time had total control (Presidency, House, and Senate) for 12 straight years.


Which led us right into the Great Depression.

 

[Alistar7]

America in 20 years under republican control, under democrat control?


thats a lovely future to think of, still not a good choice...

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: EXman
Dude CNN is a liberal rag that is not a source if you watched CNN during the war you'd think we were losing the whole time that is why their ratings sucked compared to Fox (yes it is the conservative equivilant.)

adhom the numbers don't lie. Usually most republicans accept this fact but then decide to transfer the blame to a democratic congress, as they have done with Reagans Record. What's your problem