Anger is a gift (Happy 3rd Anniversary!)

Motorboat Cruiser · 03-31-2006, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

Oh sure.....close the one I started, but let this one continue.

Precisely! You catch on quick.

Gemini Cricket · 04-03-2006, 06:27 AM

I wasn't sure where to post this. It's more of a tongue in cheek thang than a serious thang.

Do you ever think that the Republicans and the Democrats just take turns? I mean, once the GOP sees that their debt is so huge and that there's not much they can do about it that they just hand things over to the Dems? Then the Dems tax the crud out of everyone until there's enough money for the Repubs to spend?

If anything, that would make a funny film.

Alex · 04-03-2006, 04:41 PM

Except it hasn't worked that way. You had one Republican president who spent a whole lot of money and cut taxes, then the next spent not so much money (and in one famous instance slightly raised taxes when submitted to abominable legislative blackmail). Then a Democrat who did pretty well with spending (and submitted to the most successful and only significant alteration of a major entitlement program in 40 years) and left taxes mostly flat, and then another big spending Republican who apparently never saw another person's dollar he didn't want to spend.

Gemini Cricket · 04-05-2006, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Except it hasn't worked that way...

I see what you're saying.

For the benefit of this country, it being run like a business and all, the Republicans should give up their control to get money back into the government by having the Democrats tax us for it. Sometimes I wonder if that's how it works. I mean, the moment a party gets too popular and too smug and spend-y or tax-y they tank and the other side comes in to 'save the day' so to speak.

I don't know. I'm not an expert on politics. I'm just thinking 'out loud'.

04-03-2006, 06:27 AM	#2
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I wasn't sure where to post this. It's more of a tongue in cheek thang than a serious thang. Do you ever think that the Republicans and the Democrats just take turns? I mean, once the GOP sees that their debt is so huge and that there's not much they can do about it that they just hand things over to the Dems? Then the Dems tax the crud out of everyone until there's enough money for the Repubs to spend? If anything, that would make a funny film.
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04-03-2006, 04:41 PM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Except it hasn't worked that way. You had one Republican president who spent a whole lot of money and cut taxes, then the next spent not so much money (and in one famous instance slightly raised taxes when submitted to abominable legislative blackmail). Then a Democrat who did pretty well with spending (and submitted to the most successful and only significant alteration of a major entitlement program in 40 years) and left taxes mostly flat, and then another big spending Republican who apparently never saw another person's dollar he didn't want to spend.
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