Okay, the "debt ceiling" has been raised, and the "crisis" averted, and everyone's breathing a sigh of relief that the government didn't default on what it could default on. So what?
After all the ballyhooing about the Democrats getting bashed for "spending" and "wanting to raise taxes", etc, etc, let's review a couple facts that the Republicans seem to have conveniently forgotten.
First, when Ronald Reagan was president, he enacted some hellacious taxes. He was a Republican! And they won't soon let you forget him either! He's always being deified! If there was room on Rushmore, he'd be there...
Second, when George Bush took office, after Clinton, there was a budget surplus, which disappeared under Bush. George is a Republican also! So Obama gets in, and things were already in the toilet, and the Democratic party is responsible for the mess? So says the media!
(Speaking of George, aren't you glad he did not get to tie Social Security in with the stock market???!!!)
Seems we have selective memory, when it serves us best! For what I consider to be real insight, and not media hype trying to "tell" the American people what their brand of "truth" is, turn in to a venue like "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart. He seems to have both sides covered.
Just trying to understand where the blame lies, on Day 162!
After all the ballyhooing about the Democrats getting bashed for "spending" and "wanting to raise taxes", etc, etc, let's review a couple facts that the Republicans seem to have conveniently forgotten.
First, when Ronald Reagan was president, he enacted some hellacious taxes. He was a Republican! And they won't soon let you forget him either! He's always being deified! If there was room on Rushmore, he'd be there...
Second, when George Bush took office, after Clinton, there was a budget surplus, which disappeared under Bush. George is a Republican also! So Obama gets in, and things were already in the toilet, and the Democratic party is responsible for the mess? So says the media!
(Speaking of George, aren't you glad he did not get to tie Social Security in with the stock market???!!!)
Seems we have selective memory, when it serves us best! For what I consider to be real insight, and not media hype trying to "tell" the American people what their brand of "truth" is, turn in to a venue like "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart. He seems to have both sides covered.
Just trying to understand where the blame lies, on Day 162!
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