Then the GOP Congress would be fighting them on every spending bill and forcing them to compromise by removing large parts of the spending. As they did with Clinton, when federal spending as a % of the GDP was actually falling.
"As they did with Clinton, when federal spending as a % of the GDP was actually falling."
I'm not sure where you come up with this. Spending as a % of GNP was actually as high as 21.6% of GNP at one point in the late 90s, a post WW2 high, and stayed about that high for several years. That is part of why the GOP faithful finally gave Newt Gingrich the boot, for caving in to too much Clinton domestic spending.
Domestic spending has actually come down SINCE Clinton left office to now being around 17% of GNP. Don't get me wrong, I still think domestic spending is way out of control. But let's not buy into Clintonite/media myths that spending came down on his watch. We only had lower deficits and Social Security funded surpluses because tax receipts were flooding in, not because of anything Clinton did to cut or control spending.
Yep, GRIDLOCK IS GOOD! Leave's one wanting for the good ole day's. Blackbird.
You're right. That's why we're probably better off w/ "gridlock" gvt. Its almost (but not quite) as good as them not meeting at all.