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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Jagfan who wrote (597227)7/30/2004 11:08:31 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
"a gridlocked congress spends far less!!'

Yes, it does.

And with power divided between the two Parties in the Executive branch and the Legislative branch, spending usually increases less then when one Party controls all the levers of power.

('Checks and Balances', the genius of our founders... each Party checkmates the other's attempts to shovel pork to their base.)
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