mrstickball on 14 October 2012
Wonderfully skewed picture. Republicans are about as delusional as you are. Badgenome and others have already called you on it, but to re-cap:
1. Congress controls writing the budget.
2. The president then signs it into law.
3. Therefore, both sides are responsible for the budget, not just the president.
Badgenone gave you a good chart. There are other charts out there that explain it similarly. Both sides of the fence have increased the deficit at insane rates. The only time there was any real deficit reduction was under Clinton/Republican legislature in '96-00. Otherwise, you can easily pull enough data out that would state that both sides are pretty bad.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
