5stringJeff
Senior Member
Originally posted by Socrates
Republicans can make all the excuses they want; the fact remains that in 12 years of Republican economic policy the US ended up with a massive debt and that with 8 years of Democratic policy we were able to clean up some of the mess and have a large budget surplus. Now, after 3 1/2 more years of Republican policy, we're headed the wrong direction fast. The results speak for themselves, no matter what rationalization you come up with.
Your argument totally ignores the fact that Reagan destroyed the Soviet Union's economy by his defense build-up (don't try to refute that, either; former Soviet ministers have already confirmed it), Bush 41 fought a war in the Middle East, and Bush 43 is fighting a global war on terrorism. Clinton, on the other hand, gave NATO some American troops for Bosnia and Kosovo and generally ruled over a peaceful time when he didn't have to spend any money on fighting wars.