Final-Fan said:
Kasz216 said:
akuma587 said:
Kasz216 said:
That's all any politician does during a debate Akuma. Recite a script they've been prepped with.
McCain, Biden and Obama all did the same thing. It just wasn't as noticeable.
Every candidate is given a huge script before the debates. That's why debate prep takes so much time.
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What you are saying is true, but you are looking at things in the abstract. And Obama actually is advocating a tax cut for the majority of Americans plus a stimulus package.
But the fact that our national debt is over $9 trillion could be disastrous in the future. It would be irresponsible to keep dropping taxes when the debt is as high as it already is. If we had $0 in debt, I'd be all for a tax cut, but that isn't the case.
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The reason republicans aren't fiscally conservative anymore is because democrats aren't fiscally conservative and it's a dozen times easier to get spending bills passed then it is to get spending cuts passed.
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.
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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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I'm pretty sure the Balanced budget was around in the early Clinton Years. When the republicans were in control.
I'm pretty sure in fact it was balanced then because I remember the White House almost getting shut down during the whole fiasco.
And I said a bigger percentage of the money. Not bigger amount.
