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Originally Posted by jreeves  Democrats controlled congress for the majority of those thirty years. Also, bestowed upon us the entitlement programs(Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid) which grows at an automatic rate increase of about 8 percent a year, by far outgrowing the economy. While the demographic in our nation gets older and there are fewer contributors to these programs. Is there any wonder why we have defecits? | Congress was controlled by the dems from 1952 until 1994 with 2 2 year periods of republican control in the senate. The money bills all come from the House.
I like how if Bill Clinton is President and a republican congress creates a surplus he gets credit for it though.
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