On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 11:02:41PM -0400, JDG wrote: > Acrtually, this is not true. Taking non-defense spending, and > excluding interest payments on the national debt, I have this > remaining portion of spending increasing as a percentage of GDP from > 1993 to 1994 in Clinton's first budget. I also have a slight increase > from 1995 to 1996.
Grasping at straws? Maybe if you stand on your head, JDG, then "you would have" increases too! > At any rate, all this proves is that the United States had a big-time > economic boom during the 1990s. Where is the evidence that an economic boom directly affect government spending? Government receipts, sure, but I believe the discussion was about spending. > It also proves that divided government can keep spending down > - particularly when one side wants to nationalize the nation's > healthcare system. So, JDG, does this mean you are voting for Democrats for Congress (particularly ones that want to nationalize the nation's healthcare system) so you can create a divided Congress and keep spending down, which I believe is an important goal for a traditional, fiscally responsible conservative? -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
