There was one other thing going on at the time that Romney’s talking about.Higher taxes.But Emperor Grover the First would never allow THAT.If Bush/Cheney had continued the Clinton/Gingrich budget plans we would have eliminated the deficit by now. But no, “You know, Paul, Reagan proved deficits don’t matter.”
Sounds like the Clinton years, then GW Bush stole an election & ran up the deficits to the Heavens & no way to pay for his war on Iraq. Then gas prices spiked after our invasion & Romney thinks he’s the answer ?
Well let’s see. During Eisenhower the rate was at 4 percent and he had balanced budgets, though not in the same year. Whereas no president since then has had a balanced budget. While Clinton and the republican congress came close if you look at the national debt you will see it goes up every year that Clinton is in office. That cannot happen if the budget is truly balanced. It is just an accounting trick to say those were balanced budgets. If the country were running a true balanced budget it would have to include paying for ALL payments and interest on the debt for that year so the overall national debt at least stays the same. Has not happened
We still do not know where we will end up if we continue forward on Obama’s plan and he won’t tell us. He just says that if Romney gets in we’ll go back.
Every candidate of every party on earth has been pro economy, heck even in communist countries they government has promised growth, its universal to want growth. Discrepency in what causes growth is the question is it
. Consumer based . tax based. servise based
Can the government create demand and thus create a posetive feed loop
will buisnesses decide to increse staff if their taxes are cut or do they already have enough people
Can the government mandate production / hiring
Can infastructure which would increse the debt be used as an ultimate stimulus package.
Sort of like" I will balance old age security for the future" you can
a. increse taxes b. cut the programc. mandate that anyone above 65 be shot. and so forth
There is always a large margin on such brood statements.
As much as it is nice to hear how our politicans agree with statements that are utterly agreeable it shows no credibility to being able to actually get things done
Gary – you are right on target. Most of those who commented fail to realize that to do things right in government is not all the president and not all Congress. Historically, every time Republicans were in the White House, Congress was Democrat and caused too much spending. When Clinton was in the White House the Republican Congress forced him to do what was right – even though Clinton got the glory. During Bush’s first term he had a Republican Congress; however, the 9/11 attack had to be addressed, and we all know that wars cost money.
OmqR-IV.0 over 11 years ago
…and a couple more wars in the Middle-East.
Gary Williams Premium Member over 11 years ago
How is Romney going to that trick when he has to act like Bush?
Nebulous Premium Member over 11 years ago
There was one other thing going on at the time that Romney’s talking about.Higher taxes.But Emperor Grover the First would never allow THAT.If Bush/Cheney had continued the Clinton/Gingrich budget plans we would have eliminated the deficit by now. But no, “You know, Paul, Reagan proved deficits don’t matter.”
Dapperdan61 Premium Member over 11 years ago
Sounds like the Clinton years, then GW Bush stole an election & ran up the deficits to the Heavens & no way to pay for his war on Iraq. Then gas prices spiked after our invasion & Romney thinks he’s the answer ?
Jason Allen over 11 years ago
"Without Congress declaring war or authorizing the use of force. "He’s not legally required to.
Jason Allen over 11 years ago
At first I thought Gary was referring to the Clinton Administration, but gas was around 99¢ per gallon back then.
archimedeslives over 11 years ago
Well let’s see. During Eisenhower the rate was at 4 percent and he had balanced budgets, though not in the same year. Whereas no president since then has had a balanced budget. While Clinton and the republican congress came close if you look at the national debt you will see it goes up every year that Clinton is in office. That cannot happen if the budget is truly balanced. It is just an accounting trick to say those were balanced budgets. If the country were running a true balanced budget it would have to include paying for ALL payments and interest on the debt for that year so the overall national debt at least stays the same. Has not happened
neuturn over 11 years ago
We still do not know where we will end up if we continue forward on Obama’s plan and he won’t tell us. He just says that if Romney gets in we’ll go back.
Quipss over 11 years ago
Every candidate of every party on earth has been pro economy, heck even in communist countries they government has promised growth, its universal to want growth. Discrepency in what causes growth is the question is it
. Consumer based . tax based. servise based
Can the government create demand and thus create a posetive feed loop
will buisnesses decide to increse staff if their taxes are cut or do they already have enough people
Can the government mandate production / hiring
Can infastructure which would increse the debt be used as an ultimate stimulus package.
Sort of like" I will balance old age security for the future" you can
a. increse taxes b. cut the programc. mandate that anyone above 65 be shot. and so forth
There is always a large margin on such brood statements.
As much as it is nice to hear how our politicans agree with statements that are utterly agreeable it shows no credibility to being able to actually get things done
PlainBill over 11 years ago
Sounds like Clinton’s second term.
joe vignone over 11 years ago
More like losing 750,000 jobs a month, war with Iran on the credit card, no environmental protections, torture, etc.
nz4m60 over 11 years ago
Don’t blame me, I never voted for Bush or any other Republican.
Chillbilly over 11 years ago
The only way the president can lower gas prices is to nationalize our oil industry and institute price controls offset by taxes.
Dtroutma over 11 years ago
Romney’s talking about what he will do for China, Bermuda, and the Cayman Islands.
parkerfields over 11 years ago
Gary – you are right on target. Most of those who commented fail to realize that to do things right in government is not all the president and not all Congress. Historically, every time Republicans were in the White House, Congress was Democrat and caused too much spending. When Clinton was in the White House the Republican Congress forced him to do what was right – even though Clinton got the glory. During Bush’s first term he had a Republican Congress; however, the 9/11 attack had to be addressed, and we all know that wars cost money.