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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tonto who wrote (110625)	8/14/2011 10:55:06 AM
From: locogringo	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224744

....did they break out averages? I saw Grover Norquist on Fox this morning, and he was talking about this. I looked it up to be able to present some facts and links. They did not break it out in that respect, but I'll admit I skimmed most of both articles. They did do a breakout by president: "This is the third year in a row that Americans will work into August to pay for the cost of government. Before 2009, the day never fell later than July 21. Looking back, we see that the Reagan years held the Cost of Government Day steady at July 4. Under the first President Bush, it moved forward 15 days. But Americans gained 15 days when the day moved back in the last six years of divided government with a Republican Congress against President Bill Clinton. During the presidency of George W. Bush, however, Cost of Government Day moved forward to July 16 in 2008, from June 28 in 2000, costing taxpayers 18 days of extra labor. Since he took office, President Barack Obama has pushed the day all the way forward to Aug. 12. In other words, Americans are now working 27 more days per year to pay for government spending and regulations than on the day Mr. Obama became president." They also admitted that a lot was unquantifiable. Why do you believe those that pay the most in taxes are attacked by those that do not? I never could figure that out. It must be the "Entitlement mentality" and the "you owe me" mindset.