To: misterrob; raybbr; Chi-townChief
It is a fact that Bush and Reagan ran up the debt....Quite factually incorrect - Congress, not the POTUS authorizes debt. Since 1980 the debt to GDP ratio has always risen under (D) controlled Congresses and declined under (R) control.
David N. Johnson, former mayor of Harvey IL and author of the screed in question is either ignorant of this fact or a deviously deceptive demagogue.
17 posted on
04/25/2010 10:16:28 AM PDT by
TeleStraightShooter
(BHO's version of "The Great Leap Forward" into the government controlling your healthcare)
To: TeleStraightShooter
Quite factually incorrect - Congress, not the POTUS authorizes debt. Since 1980 the debt to GDP ratio has always risen under (D) controlled Congresses and declined under (R) control.True, but Bush NEVER vetoed one bill that contained obscene spending. Reagan vetoed 38 but was over ridden on 9.
You can't possibly contend that during GOP control from 2000 to 2006 the debt vs. GDP has gone down. Unless you are using, what we now know, was the fake GDP driven up by CDS's and mortgage backed securities?
19 posted on
04/25/2010 10:52:22 AM PDT by
raybbr
(Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
To: TeleStraightShooter
A POTUS can veto any budget that exceeds revenue amounts. Furthermore, who do you think asks Congress for money?
22 posted on
04/25/2010 12:17:08 PM PDT by
misterrob
(Have you tea bagged a liberal today?)
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