[cc2k]

Again, it would be better if our last Republican President didn't run up the debt during his 8 year administration. The problem we have now is that both parties are pretty hypocritical when it comes to fiscal responsibility.

[omega4179]

True but Republicans are not forcing the Dems to run up the biggest deficit of all previous presidents put together. This is the Donkey show 100%.

[Tarpon]

I agree in principle with what you say, but Obama is tripling the existing debt in 10 years. That my friend is not sustainable. A debt to GDP ratio of 12% is way too high. I think the EU requires for admission, a debt to GDP under 3%. Bush had pushed it to 4%, but it was wartime ...

[org.whodat]

The problem we have now is that both parties are pretty hypocritical when it comes to fiscal responsibility.

[WOSG]

“Again, it would be better if our last Republican President didn’t run up the debt during his 8 year administration.”

IF GWB walked on water, the New York Times would accuse him of being a non-swimmer.

The last 2 years of Bush’s administration was with the DEMOCRATS in Congress, and Bush was unwilling to spend as much as Pelosi that he vetoed several spending bills, but they STILL came back to spend more. In fact the $430 billion spending bill the Congress just passed and obama signed was a runaraound because Bush refused to sign off on that much spending.

I am rather tired of us Republicans parroting the biased DNC talking points like its valid. Bush was not as big a spender as we make him out to be ... now that a REAL BIG SPENDER is on the scene to show how its really done! We are talking double digit spending increases for each year the Democrats are in charge.

The problem is that GOP spending irresponsibility is on the level of the flu the Democrats on the level of cancer and you are calling them both illnesses.