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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (47237)	11/16/2010 2:25:45 PM
From: TimF	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Our national debt came from spending too much. That wasn't a partisan thing, both parties contributed to the effort, but if you want to discuss it in partisan terms, more politicians with a D next to their name, voted for or signed the budgets that amount to the majority of our debt than politicians with an R after their name. Also the biggest deficits are a percentage of GDP where under a Democratic president, and the current Democratic president has so far had, and at the end of his first (and hopefully only) term in office will still have, the largest deficits since that time. Also the entitlements where mostly passed by Democratic controlled congresses, and than passed in to law by Democratic presidents. Does that mean I think that deficits and debt are exclusively a Democratic caused problem? Not at all, in fact I'd call that idea ridiculous. It doesn't even mean I think the problem came overwhelmingly from the Democratic party. But historically they have contributed more to the problem, and currently they seem to care less about dealing with it. Not that the Republicans come off well here, in fact they have been horrible on this issue, but horrible as they have been they have overall done better than the Democrats.