[thtr]

Funny how Republicans are so very concerned about deficit spending when a Democrat is in the White House yet have no problem piling up the debt for their children when a Republican president goes on a spending spree.

[The Duke]

I'm a conservative, but today I'm a conservative who wishes his last name was "Haliburton"!

[chance33_98]

Funny how Republicans are so very concerned about deficit spending when a Democrat is in the White House yet have no problem piling up the debt for their children when a Republican president goes on a spending spree.

I think the reason revolves around what it is being spent on, as per my last post this could be seen as a long term investment paying off more than we put in. Deficit spending is still not a grand idea, but if it is going to happen I would rather see it going to something which has future payoffs than to some liberal goofball idea or funding for planned parenthood.

I would rather take out a loan for a house which I could resell for more than I paid later, then to take out a loan for the same amount to support a habit which will suck the money dry with no return.

How this turns out we will not know for many years, it may be a financial blunder or it may have vast payoffs. I would be more comfortable with it if we were cutting more pork and being more fiscally responsible, but time will tell.

[mjaneangels@aolcom]

"Funny how Republicans are so very concerned about deficit spending when a Democrat is in the White House yet have no problem piling up the debt for their children when a Republican president goes on a spending spree."

Uh, no. Democrats are the ones concerned about deficit spending, that is why they always want to raise taxes. Republican are concerned about wasteful spending, that is why they concentrate on spending less.

Also, providing for the common defense is not a spending spree, it is the President's job.