You said that spending went down when the parties weren't the same. That is what I was looking for.
Spending didn't go down, it went up. It went up slower, but I don't think you can directly attribute that to the party affiliation. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 2:34 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: bush executive order limits federal eminent domain > > > Nick wrote: > > This chart tells a different story. > > > > > http://www.heritage.org/research/features/BudgetChartBook/charts_S/s1.cfm > > > > The spending just keeps going up. There was a point where it went down > after > > the 1st gulf war, but sense then it has gone up. > > > > No, it tells the same story, but more broadly than my point. It also > does a great job of showing the Bush J curve when it comes to spending > - he's the worst offender in recent history ... but I digress. > > The key is to look at percentage growth, not just growth. When you do > that you'll find that: > > The fastest spending growth (real federal outlays) occurred during: > > 1.) Kennedy-Johnson, 4.8% annually, same party in congress. > > 2.) Bush-Cheney, 4.4%, same party in congress (first term). > > 3.) Carter-Mondale, 3.7%, same party in congress. > > > The slowest spending growth occurred: > > 1.) 0.4%, occurred during the Eisenhower years, other party controls > congress. > > 2.) 0.9%, was in the Clinton era, opposite party congress. > > 3.) Nixon-Ford years, at 2.5%, opposite congress. > > 4.) Ronald Reagan's presidency, at 3.3%, opposite congress. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:210277 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
