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Originally Posted by Snake Doctor
IF republicans had toed the line on spending when they were in power, they'd have the credibility to oppose the Democrat's spending.
Since they didn't, criticizing it now makes them hypocrites. They're not opposed to deficit spending, they're opposed to what the money is being spent for. (democratic priorities instead of republican ones)
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this goes both ways right?
dems did nothing but complain about budget deficits and didn't waste any time at all pushing through funding for every socialist project that couldn't get through in years past.
as a first course of action, they passed the single largest spending bill ever without even reading it or debating it.
you can't pretend that it doesn't matter what money gets spent on and where or that it shouldn't be discussed. they could have just bought up 700 billion dollars worth of gold for example... that wouldn't have created sustainable jobs. the issue of trying to spend 5% or so of GDP to jolt the economy is quite a bit more complex than just throwing money into the economy in any way possible.