[Mr. K]

"...1995, when the newly elected Republican Congress under Newt Gingrich caved in to media pressure to give Bill Clinton his bloated budget. Since then, no House has even attempted to control the deficits or the debt. "

Hey Larry... Do you ever bother to check your history? Newt Gingrich BALANCED the budget and forced Bill Clinton to abandon his bloated budgets (small by todays standards)

[Alberta's Child]

I don’t think Federal spending declined even once during Newt Gingrich’s tenure as House Speaker, though the growth from one year to the next was quite small. The shrinking of the budget deficit was entirely a function of added tax revenues from the major changes in the tax code from 1995 to 1998 — specifically the reduction in capital gains tax rates and the introduction of the Roth IRA.

[ealgeone]

We had two things helping this. The dot.com economy and substantally cutting the military.

[stylin19a]

might want to ping him ?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3777130/posts?page=5#5

[pfony1]

Larry seems to have forgotten that the 2020 election will allow the PEOPLE to replace the “big spenders” of BOTH parties.

Once we replace them, the spending cuts that all reasonable people want will finally, FINALLY become possible!

[LS]

The budget had a tiny, tiny “surplus” (meaningless cuz the debt wasn’t touched). Fine. Credit that to Newt. But the GOP was broken by Clinton, and I think you know that.