Kasz216 said:
If you aren't getting a big piece of the pie your constitutiants are wondering why the blue disctricts are getting so much more of the national taxpayer money. Republicans and Democrats fight over the budget... and aren't willing to compromise. If the democrats are going to get so much money for their plans, the republicans want at least as much money for their plans or it looks bad on them. Etc. That's the problem. For one party to be fiscally conservative they both do in the modern times. |
I don't think the evidence supports this argument.
The last time Democrats controlled the White House and both sides of Congress was 1993-1994. They raised taxes and cut spending, enabling the balanced budgets and budget surpluses of the 1990s. (Republicans hammered on the "raised taxes" part hard enough to win historic amounts of Congressional seats.)
The last time the Republicans controlled the White House and both sides of Congress was 2001 and 2003-2007. Um, do I have to say it?
On a side note, I would guess that the blue districts get more money anyway because big cities trend Democratic.
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