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You're going to have to be more specific. There are 2 mentions of the deficit in Host's link. One claiming the debt is more important because that is where interest is due (which is irrelevent to this discussion) and the other stating that the deficit does not include monies borrowed from gov't accounts.

I doubt the former is the issue you find relevant. As to the latter, if you have a chart showing monies borrowed from gov't accounts since 1960, please post it.

I do not disagree that context is valuable - but until context is provided and analyzed, I'm not going to dismiss this discussion or concede any opinion. If you don't want to take the time to provide context, that is fine. But don't expect anyone to reverse their opinion that Democrats are better for the economy than Republicans simply because you won't follow up on your own opinion. Information has been provided - a discussion of that information requires more information. You don't "win" a discussion by simply stating that somewhere there is more information.

Onetime tried that. He attempted to dismiss the discussion because the first chart was not up to date. That the up to date chart bolstered the opinion of the original post doesn't help onetime's case in any way. Maybe a chart showing money borrowed from gov't accounts shows that Democrats borrowed less - this would again bolster the opinion of the original post. Until the information is provided, I can't judge it.