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Politics : Ask Michael Burke
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To: Alex MG who wrote (127314)4/20/2011 3:55:10 PM
From: Nadine Carroll3 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) of 132070
 
It seems to have escaped your attention, but US Federal spending and economic policy is controlled by Congress, which was controlled entirely by Democrats from Jan 2007 to Jan 2011. Take a look at this chart to see how Federal spending jumped during this period:



Note: the spending for 2010 was even higher (same for discretionary, more for the entitlements) because the Democratic Congress couldn't be bothered to pass a Federal budget for FY 2011.
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