Cut taxes, Cut taxes, Cut taxes... conservatives are like a guy strumming a one string banjo on this issue. I really, really don't see how that's going to get us out of this mess. At some point we have to start paying down the debt. Taxes are currently at level not seen since Truman was in office
Link Cutting them more isn't going to help pay down the debt.
Obama was handed a $1.3 trillion deficit and $8 trillion worth of debt over the next decade
Link. Money already spent. That's before he even stepped into the oval office or picked up a pen. To blame him for the current situation is like handing a guy a turd and then run away yelling "Hey! That guy's holding a turd!"
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Originally Posted by snowy
I am seeing a lot of sideways information in this thread about what's being spent and where, as well as who's responsible. I thought I would step in and offer up some links I used extensively in my political science class this last spring to analyze the federal budget over the last 60 years.
I suggest you go to this webpage and spend some time perusing these Excel files: Historical Tables | The White House
You can also find more historical budgets here: Budget of the United States Government: Browse
I have a sneaking suspicion that the gentleman who wrote the op-ed piece roachboy posted has also spent a great deal of time looking at these sites.  |
A lot of the info you site is
here.
I think this graph shows a lot regarding who spent what and when...
