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hmcom@eskimo.com (company account) wrote:


>>> Congress is to blame, not Reagan!
>
>
>>The budget deficit that Carter was facing was in the 80 Billion range. In 
>>Reagan's 8 years, he ran up a bigger deficit and debt than all of the 
>>previous Presidents combined. That includes Johnson, Kennedy, Roosevelt, 
>>and all the expenditures for WWII.
>
>Sounds like you are dodging the fact that *congress was controlled
>by democrats*.  

I know that makes Reagan fans feel good to dsay but its not true. The
Senate was controlled by the Republicans for the first six years of
Reagan's term. Yes the House was democratic, but for 3/4 of Reagan's
time the Rs had the executive and 1/2 the Congrss, or 2/3 of the
policy making machine.

Answer also why when the Presidnecy and both houses were Democratic,
we had a mere fraction of the debt or deficit we saw after Reagan took
office?

>Regardless of what you say, nothing occured
>in this country which congress did not go along with.  As I
>recall, President Reagan was feared politically by many
>congress types, as he had so much popular support.  But the bottom
>line is, he didn't hold a gun to anyone's head and make them
>vote for anything. They did it because they agreed (or in
>the case of some, they were just political whores, putting
>their fingers in the wind.) 

Chuckle. It's the congresses' fault they agreed with Reagan. That's
cute.

>  But the bottom line is, the government
>is run by a lot of elected officials, and instead of blaming
>one person based on newspaper clippings or emotions, you would
>do welll to look in a voting record of your favorite congressman
>and see if he;s talking out of both sides of his face.

Closer to the truth. Both parties take so much money for corporate and
special interests, they both give the big guys what they want and
leave us the bill.

The answer is campaign finance reform in my book.

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