On 03-Dec-04, Travis Pahl wrote: FR>>> ... Debt limits increase in proportion with deficit spending FR>>> increases.
s>> Exactly. Ergo, excessive spending is the cause of raising the debt s>> limit. TP> And raising the debt limit causes excessive spending. Wrong. FR>>> Travis is absolutely correct in laying the blame on the FR>>> GOP-controlled Congress and Executive Branch, both of which have FR>>> been in GOP power for the last four years. s>> Do you believe a Democratic Congress under President Gore would have s>> spent less after 9/11? TP> Once again... WHO CARES?... Frank and I do. TP> ... We are talking about Republicans, not Democrats.... Why not? TP> ... It does not matter what the Democrats would do. They are not in TP> power so it is kinda hard to blame them, yet you still try. How am I blaming them, and for what? TP> I agree, that spending is the problem too. I am just not naive TP> enough to beleive that raising the limit does not encourage them to TP> increase spending. Beleiving that raising the debt limit encourages them to increase spending is naive, IMHO. _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
