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It has been the way it historically works: The republicans are fiscally very irresponsible, with everything from Bush's current world war III, tax reductions for the rich, and ever expanding government apparatus, or back to Reagan's Voodoo economics... in both cases they leave the country with a huge increase in the debt load and a budget that wouldn't balance no matter how many tricks they play. So the country spends like mad, taxes less, and ends up in debt.
8 years later the president is out, the democrats come in, are forced to raise taxes and cut services to balance the budget, and that is all the ammo the republicans need to call them "tax and spend liberals".
When Bush senior got into office, it was a fuckup because he had to raise taxes to make up for Reagan's economic fuckjob, and it killed his Presidency as fast as could be done.
Republicans need the democrats to be President for at least one term so they have someone to blame all their shit on.
Alex
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