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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (754883)	11/24/2006 8:27:55 AM
From: Sedohr Nod	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Divided gvt. appears to provide some modest restraint Much of the time period in your post we had divided government: Carter -8.01% Reagan + 49.74% GHW Bush +27.52% Clinton -8.33% GW Bush (2000-2004) +9.83% GW Bush (2004-2006 est.) +5.97% If you want to make something positive out of the Carter years, be my guest. Do you know anyone that wants to go back to 1979 conditions? Our newly on board deficit hawk democrats , were in charge of the congress during the Reagan/Bush I years. Divided government a big plus then? None of these things happened in a vacuum, many variables and cycles were in play, as always. To draw conclusions on fiscal responsibility and assigning values on divided government on that particular bit of info completely misses the reality of the situation. Give me Reagan any day.....I still remember a line in one of his speeches where he was pointing numerous wastes in governmental spending......He was complaining about $100,000 for blueberry research.....a $100,000, imagine that, a particular line in the budget so small but yet it came to his attention as doubtful in character. We have "evolved" to the point that congressmen can blow that amount making sure their coffee pleases them. We need fundamental changes in what motivates congress.