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To: loantech who wrote (148594)	11/1/2010 1:57:33 PM
From: Zincman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542946

No party has reduced the size of govt over the long term.... The two party system keeps the people fighting... that's the plan...

To: loantech who wrote (148594)	11/1/2010 2:37:45 PM
From: Paul Smith	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 542946

the Republicans have not been the party for balanced budgets or smaller government I think that is part true. Couple points: 1) GWB was not well liked by all Republicans because many felt that he spent too much money - they would have wanted him to veto more bills from congress. 2) There is more to government than just Washington, DC -- state and local governments also exist. At the state and local level, I think Republicans have done better with spending than Democrats have. The states that are in serious financial trouble are mostly run by non-conservatives. Christie in NJ has become popular because he has dared to take on run away spending in a state with serious spending issues. Beyond all this, Democrats no longer give people the impression that they care about fiscal responsibility. That does not mean that they do not but they fail to convince people that they care about it -- look, a large section of Democrats are claiming that the best path is to follow Krugman's lead and spend, spend, spend.