Republicans cheered Bush on as he doubled the national debt, but cry socialism when Obama spends money on US?

They’re looking ahead to 2012 and 2016.

They hope to program enough of the teens that are up and coming voters to vote Republican.

Many young and older alike don’t study the candidate(s) and what he or she is saying, doing and have done…they just get programmed and vote the program.

Oh. And don’t forget…many politicians are of the upper middleclass and wealthy, like John McCain and don’t want to pay their fare share of taxes.

Too bad the average citizen can’t see ALL of their financial records.

Every modern President engages in deficit spending, some more than others, but they all do it. Here is the big difference, though...0bama is increasing spending when the economy is stagnant, which has a huge negative impact. Liberals often like to talk about all of Reagan's spending, for example, but the difference was, the economy was taking off like a rocket in the mid to late 80's. The problem is, people like yourself do not understand the difference. The difference is, when the economy is growing, then the spending and the debt is a smaller percentage of GDP, it can be absorbed. But when you are spending more and the economy is not growing, then you are going in the wrong direction. This has been true for 0bama and for the last few years of Bush.

I lived in the U.S. for the same 8 years you did and don't recall where Bush spent trillions of dollars foolishly. We had to have the war. We couldn't let Iraq or any other country run over us and come into our country and do what they did. Bush kept us safe from the tarriest. What else was your beef Oh yes tax for the wealthy. Who do you think pays most of the tax in the U.S.A. the wealthy people. Why do we have policeman, fire fighters, all out public officials, mayors, governors, president, Congress and the list goes on and on and on? Because the wealthy people pays for all of it. And do you know something, they do not complain a bit that they pay far more taxes than their fair share. So why are you complaining about them? I am not wealthy but I certainly don't hold it against those that are. I say thank you to them for making my life a little better and I think all of us should.

Republicans on here keep acting like Democrats were partly to blame for the spending when Bush was in power, but they fail to realize that Republicans dominated congress since 1994 when they took over. The biggest spike in pork barrel spending happened between 2000-2006 when Republicans dominated the government.

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"The primary aim of modern warfare... is to use up the products of the machine without raising the general standard of living...

...an all-round increase in wealth threatened the destruction -- indeed, in some sense was the destruction -- of a hierarchical society.... If it once became general, wealth would confer no distinction...

The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent..."

Because...democrats keep saying "were jus goig to the tax rate in the 90's, and we flourished and things were good", this is fundamentaly wrong because thats exactly why Clinton could successfully raise taxes without wrecking the economy.... in other words...we wern't in a recession when Clinton did this.Obama should wait till 2014 to raise taxes! (and not ever raise taxes on roll over interest on hedge funds,they are takin $ now pushing stocks down preparing for this raise, laughing at us!

No ones taxes should be raised period! except for the fact that no income over 100,000 goes to social security, this is old and needs to be updated a 5 year old could do the math to tell ya thats a dum cap!

I agree with you. This is the case! However, if you paid attention, allot of the people who are bashing Obama for his frivulous spending were also bashing Bush for it.

WAKE THE HELL UP REPUBLICANS...WAKE THE HELL UP DEMOCRATS! YOU HAVE BEEN CONNED! YOUR THOUGHTS HAVE BEEN OVERTAKEN BY A POLITICAL PARTY. SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE, SOME WAY SUCKERED YOU INTO THINKING THAT YOU WERE IN A POLITICAL PARTY THAT IS FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT AGAINST ANOTHER ONE. PAY ATTENTION--YOU ARE EXACTLY THE SAME. THE DIFFERENCES ARE A FEW MINOR SOCIAL ISSUES THAT ARE NEVER ACTUALLY ADDRESSED AND IF SO, IT IS THE VERY MINOR ONES THAT THE OTHER HALF OF THIS ONE PARTY IS WILLING TO 'CUT IT'S IMAGINARY LOSSES' ON.

Listen, dude, I wasn't cheering President Bush when he did that. And I'm SURE AS HELL not jumping on this Obama spending and nationalization bandwagon either.

I am a Republican and I did not cheer several of the things he spent money on or the amount of money he spent. But lets be honest the Democrat party voted for everyone of his spending bills. Also do forget that Obama has been a Senator for two years and the Democrats have been in control of both houses for the same amount of time and both of them voted for every spending bill and in most cases wanted to spend even more. So if you are going to criticize Bush, which I think is called for, on spending then you have to also criticize, which again I think is called for, Obama and the Democrats for the same thing!

As for Obama inheriting a fiscal disaster is a laughable statement when you consider once again that Obama was a Senator for two years and the Democrats have been in control of both houses for the same amount of time and both of them voted for every spending bill and in most cases wanted to spend even more.

I find it once again laughable that you complain about what Bush spent when Obama has spent $4 trillion in less than 3 months providing welfare (bailouts) to rich business on the backs of our stressed citizens and indebting our children!

A lot of people were cheering Bush on when we went to Iraq...both parties. No matter HOW you feel about the war, the fact remains....Barry isn't doing anything BETTER. Keep in mind, not all that voted for Bush supported ALL that he did. That may be the difference between you and I....I don't stick to the party lines when it comes to my moral fiber. I sell out for NO ONE. I was livid at the bailouts. But for Barry to come in and do something so wreckless as spending as much as he just did in 50 days--you have to ask yourself. Is this the CHANGE I can believe in? Here is what is hilarious...the more and more of you realize you have been had by the one trick pony Obama the Orator--the more we see this argument on the economy and Bush v. Obama. If Barry was doing something DIFFERENT and so much BETTER, you would be praising it non-stop and probably never bothering to argue about it. But you aren't. The more you figure out what a craphole Barry is putting us in...the more you try to look backwards and say ...'he did it too...". Lame. Very lame.