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I seem to remember the repubs trying to trim budget dollars in the Clinton years. Not cutting the budget but growing it at a slower pace. Every dem in the country was running around screaming "draconian cuts" to pay for "tax cuts for the rich" blah blah blah. "Kids will be starving from not getting govt breakfast at school"....all this because the budget grows at 7% instead of 10%. then the govt shut downs happen and the polls say America blames the repubs......Now we are all screwed because both parties spend like crazy.....I SAY BRING ON THE DRACONIAN CUTS...AND THEN CUT SOME MORE.
At least the repubs tried back then....but the dems were successful with thier campaign of lies about the budget.
The funny thing is when they do cut taxes....revenue goes up...investment leads to jobs, which lead to more taxpayers, and so on. We do not live in a static economy where revenues raise along side tax rates. You would think the dems would be for more revenue going to the govt....I'm sure there are a thousand redundant programs they have in mind.
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This chart contradicts your claims. With only 4% growth the Clinton administration was dramatically better at limiting spending increases than any other in the last 40 years. What does that say about the "dems campaign of lies about the budget"?
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The budget in the Clinton years had one big cost control...defense. Defense spending went down a great deal, we had won the cold war, and spending on defense was not needed as it was in the previous decades.
The campaign of lies I refer to is the talking points the dems used...I dont think I could watch any news program for months without seeing a dem saying "draconian cuts"....and there were no budget cuts!!!!!...virtually all programs were increased, with the exception of defense spending>