None the less that graph is very misleading and you can't deny that a lot of the spending was done under Democrat control although Republicans are not innocent here. taltamir has a point, you can't excuse one mistake with another. You may get a positive when mutiplying two negative numbers but that only works in math.

Democrat control or not, there have been periods of time where the GOP were not at such a disadvantage - in fact, there are cases where members of the GOP have sided with Democrats on spending. You can always yell, scream, and point the finger at one party or the other - that's easy and requires very little critical thinking. Ultimately, both parties have the same responsibility/culpability, and so do we.

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This. There is a significant faction within the Democrat Party, the 'Blue Dog' Democrats, which votes conservatively, at least on fiscal issues. The leadership needs to sell the bill to them before it can push it through.

While what you say is true, I find it sad that the most concerning thing to this Administration is selling this reform to other politicians but not to the people. If there is one thing I can say about politicians, especially Democrats in 2009, they sure know how to listen when those who are talking are talking with the politicians jobs in their hands. I remember the days when incentives made people work harder, now losing youre job is todays incentive/motivation.

That's an excellent point Charles, and I agree with you completely.