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Old 10-01-2015, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter View Post
Haven't we heard that old "grow the economy" BS before? How did that work the last time?
It worked great. We had the longest period of economic growth in our country's history. The problem was that the more they get, the more they spend. So even though revenues continued to grow from 1982 until the mid 90s, spending increased at a higher rate.

Of course the problem with what any of these guys say is that they are not dictators. They still have to work with congress. Congress loves to spend. They love to "bring home the bacon" as Ted Kennedy was very fond of saying. It's what keeps getting them re-elected. A president can do whatever he can to grow the economy but he doesn't have a lot of control over spending. All spending is done by congress.
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