Interesting point. What aspects increased? For example, if you don't include military spending?
As far as the national debt, of course it went up during "Raygun" (better check that spell check ;-), his plan was to reduce government size by squeezing the bank account and thus forcing Congress to make some decisions about what not to spend. Gota go pick up the kids at school (NO SUV!) Andy -----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 4:35 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: re SUV break If that's the case then why did size of government increase under Ronnie Raygun and Bush Senior while decreasing under Carter and Clinton. Moreover it looks like shrub will be following his father's path - substantially increasing the size of government, and the national debt. larry >Hay, Big Government folks tend to be liberals. Remember that the >conservatives want smaller government and are trying to do so by giving >everyone their money back through lower taxes ... :-) > ><cfOpen_Flood_Gates> > >Andy -- Larry C. Lyons ======================================================== Life is Complex. It has both real and imaginary parts. ======================================================== Chaos, Panic and Disorder. My work here is done. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
