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To: TimF who wrote (613877)	5/31/2011 11:59:41 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576660

>> and he failed to do anything about Social Security). The blame for that increase isn't all on Bush, the congress at the time, the congresses and presidents when the entitlement programs became law, and at the end of the decade Obama, all share blame, but a big chunk does go to Bush. He made a serious effort WRT SS, and what he proposed would have made a significant difference over time. But he was shut down by essentially the same process that is now underway to kill the Ryan Medicare initiative. I don't know what he was thinking with Medicare Part D. While the concept ought to be a model for revision of Medicare generally, it is a fact that we could not afford the new entitlement. And even if we could, it was a bad idea as Congress has now shown.

To: TimF who wrote (613877)	5/31/2011 3:52:49 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576660

"Over the last decade (2001-2010) " Uh, Tim, it extends over the past 30 years. So much of the interest we pay right now is because of tax cuts.

To: TimF who wrote (613877)	5/31/2011 4:16:19 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576660

If you want to blame Bush, well he has a large share of the responsibility for that huge spending increase. Why is the focus of conservatives and libertarians alike on spending increases alone? Because you would prefer to sweep the terrible effect of tax cuts under the rug...why? because for a libertarian like you they represent an intrusion of government and for a heartless conservative like inode they rip his heart (does he have one?) out by reaching into his ever beggarly pockets. Bush was guilty of both...the data shows that the largest increases in the federal debt occurred under Reagan, Bush I and Bush II...due to tax cuts AND spending increases...yet the country has been made to believe that the dems are the ones who caused today's recognizable debt...notwithstanding inode's inevitable and convenient detour into a problem that can't be solved with a present value fund. Al