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To: TimF who wrote (552632)	3/2/2010 3:42:52 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574744

that's exactly the problem with an ideologue. You want to slow the growth of gov't whether that's reasonable or even beneficial to the public. No, I want to slow the growth of government because its continued growth is both unreasonable and harmful (and so slowing the growth is reasonable and beneficial) Tim, you are an ideologue. You want to slow gov't growth just because.....not because you have proof that it will hurt the country or that you even have just cause. You want it your way because its your way or the highway. Look at this chart........the deficits as a percent of GDP began to grow under Reagan, continued under Bush I You like to pull that out at any opportunity, but its irrelevant here. The issue at hand is the growth of the government, not the growth of the deficits. Its isn't irrelevant....its what happens when ideologues get their way. To make a point, Reagan grew the gov't while cutting taxes to the rich. At times, the behavior of conservatives verges on the nonsensical and I would laugh if it wasn't for the fact that its hurting the country. And the issue I raised wasn't a partisan one. Republicans growing government is as much a problem as Dems growing government. If Republicans do it to, that just adds to the extent government has grown "helter skelter". Trying to portion up blame, accurately or not, doesn't change what's happening. If Republicans are incarnate demons, it still doesn't refute the point I made. Its totally irrelevant. I suspect if we where talking about who's going to win next years Superbowl, you would mention Bush's deficits as well... And even when considering deficits and the partisan responsibility for them (neither of which was the issue under discussion, but I'll respond to your new topic as well), the biggest deficits ever (as a percentage of GDP) where under a Dem president, and the biggest deficits since then will be Obama's. Come back to me when you are over your hysteria and behaving rationally.