OT - Republicans and the economy

From Fortune:

"According to estimates in a September research report by the Heritage
Foundation, a conservative think-tank where almost everyone can be expected
to vote Republican, federal spending has risen 45 percent during Bush's
presidency, three times as fast as it did under Bill Clinton.
Almost half of the increase is in discretionary spending (not entitlements,
a whole other issue the GOP has disdained to address in any sustained
fashion). And no, Osama is not to blame. As the exasperated Heritage folks
note, non-military spending has gone up by 44 percent. Gross ploys like
earmarks (putting pet projects into non-related appropriations bills) have
ballooned."

On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:39:40 GMT, "Art"
<begunaNOSPAMPLEASE@mindspring.com> wrote:
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>From Fortune:
>
>"According to estimates in a September research report by the Heritage
>Foundation, a conservative think-tank where almost everyone can be expected
>to vote Republican, federal spending has risen 45 percent during Bush's
>presidency, three times as fast as it did under Bill Clinton.[/color]


Yeah, but spending is only bad if Clinton did it.
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>Almost half of the increase is in discretionary spending (not entitlements,
>a whole other issue the GOP has disdained to address in any sustained
>fashion). And no, Osama is not to blame. As the exasperated Heritage folks
>note, non-military spending has gone up by 44 percent. Gross ploys like
>earmarks (putting pet projects into non-related appropriations bills) have
>ballooned."
>[/color]

Hitting neocons with facts? How dare you? :)

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"Art" <begunaNOSPAMPLEASE@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:wKv%g.16069$o71.13620@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...[color=blue]
> From Fortune:
>
> "According to estimates in a September research report by the Heritage
> Foundation, a conservative think-tank where almost everyone can be
> expected to vote Republican, federal spending has risen 45 percent during
> Bush's presidency, three times as fast as it did under Bill Clinton.
> Almost half of the increase is in discretionary spending (not
> entitlements, a whole other issue the GOP has disdained to address in any
> sustained fashion). And no, Osama is not to blame. As the exasperated
> Heritage folks note, non-military spending has gone up by 44 percent.
> Gross ploys like earmarks (putting pet projects into non-related
> appropriations bills) have ballooned."
>[/color]
Running 2 wars is not cheap and paying to reconstruct a major city like New
Orleans is not cheap either! A lot of this "putting pet projects into
non-related appropriations bills" is Democrats putting these in bills and
then threatening to hold up budget approval if it is pulled out.

Ii seen thsii and agreee 203 pur cent ..your right.we done much bedder
under mr. cklinton.lest wise where we is livin.

arville


searville, wv

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> >Almost half of the increase is in discretionary spending (not entitlements,
> >a whole other issue the GOP has disdained to address in any sustained
> >fashion). And no, Osama is not to blame. As the exasperated Heritage folks
> >note, non-military spending has gone up by 44 percent. Gross ploys like
> >earmarks (putting pet projects into non-related appropriations bills) have
> >ballooned."Hitting neocons with facts? How dare you? :)[/color]
>
> --
> gburnore at DataBasix dot Com
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