Why I’m Upset with Republicans

I actually like many Republican ideals.  Limited government, low taxes, and helping out businesses are all good theory that never seem to be put into practice when appropriate.   

The past month however has shown the hypocrisy that really upsets me.  Republicans have repeated complained about “wasted spending”, “too high taxes”, and “huge deficits”.  Where were they the previous 8 years with these complaints?!   Why when they were in control of the both Congress and the White house did all 3 complaints increase without a backlash of complaint?  

The economy right now can be considered an “emergency”, and even though many can disagree that the government may be doing the wrong thing, they ARE doing the publicly demanded thing by at least TRYING.  (Check polls over the last month, even though many don’t know if it will work, they still approve of the stimulus package).  Back when the economy wasn’t in trouble Republicans were spending money like this (though spread out more) without a blink of an eye.

Check out this graph:

The complaints you always hear in the media is that DEMOCRATS increase spending.  DEMOCRATS increase taxes.  DEMOCRATS can’t be trusted to control the deficit.  Yet over the past 40 years, the deficit has always grown with a REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT and the sizes of the year-to-year deficits have SHRUNK or at least stayed relitively equal during Democratic presidencies. 

Both parties need to stop bickering with each other, and do some internal fighting to clean up their own homes.  

We have multiple parties so that we can have a difference of ideas, debate of policy, and a civilized discourse.  Not so we can provide fodder for 24-hour news stations to drum up ratings.

Chart Source

Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Public Debt

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3. National Debt for Beginners
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5. Why the Current Stimulus Plan Won’t Work.