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Originally Posted by Ustwo
Without going hostal if I recall the only real cuts in spending during clintons years were in defense spending. Real cut being spending less money, not reduction in growth which democrats always call cuts.
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You obviously havent read the article above or any budget documents from those years.
Its true that a large portion of the cuts were in defense spending. At the time, most non-partisan military experts agreed that it was unnecessary to maintain a bloated Cold War defense budget after the fall of the Soviet Union and the Soviet bloc. (You can start another thread to discuss the merits of defense cuts in the 90s if you want.)
There were also significant cuts (real cuts, not just reductions in growth) in funding for dozens of domestic programs and complete elimination of dozens of other domestic programs.
BTW, both parties describe reductions in growth as cuts.
But only one party recently has used "emergency supplemental" requests to such an extent as to keep nearly $1/2 trillion off budget over a five year period.
Man...you have really bought into the Repub propaganda. I wouldnt have thought it of such an intelligent guy.