A.I.G....unfreakinreal

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Riot

Of course I'm seriously, desperately concerned. But all Bush had to do was hold onto what Clinton started, and our deficit would have started to go down. Instead, he spent. And the deficit DOUBLED. Up into trillion-land.

When you look at recent times (the last 40-50 years), turns out the GOP have not been the financial conservatives when in the White House. I didn't know that.

The spending under Bush and under Obama - what they are spending it upon - are different, don't you agree?
What do you think should be done instead, regarding the current US financial situation?

no
obama is using the same approach bush used back when he wanted his war. ramp up hysteria, make everyone think the sky is falling, so that you can push your agenda thru with barely a whimper of protest. obama preached public works as a way to increase jobs, but only a small portion of his total budget will go towards that. the rest is just bigger govt. bigger govt only means a bigger expense in the end, and we can't afford that. govt is an expense only-and that expense grows every day.