Showing posts with label national debt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label national debt. Show all posts

Friday, May 08, 2009

myth of republican fiscal responsibility


My last post reminded me of a Doonesbury cartoon I read last year, which through the miracle of the internet I was able to find and post here. You should be able to click on the cartoon to make it big enough to read. If not here are the words:

"Since 1776, the United States has accumulated a national debt of $9 trillion, over half of which was incurred when a Bush was on watch! What a family legacy. If you throw in Reagan, fully 70% of the national debt was created under just three Republican presidents. Whats more, they didn't even try to restrain spending! Out of 19 submitted budgets, only 2 were balanced.

So, here is my question. Where did the myth of GOP fiscal responsibility come from?