A painting of former president Ronald Reagan is seen inside a room at the U.S. Capitol, as dusk falls on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012.
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During the eight years that Ronald Reagan was president, federal spending averaged 22.4 percent of GDP. This year, under President Obama, federal spending is 22.2 percent of GDP. So why are Republicans still complaining about "insane, out-of-control federal spending"?
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That's easy to answer, Ronald. President Reagan was a white, somewhat right-leaning, Republican who therefore could do no wrong. President Obama is a black, center-left, Democrat who therefore can do nothing right. If President Obama had been More..
The right wing operates in a media bubble that ignores the facts. How many know (or will admit) that the deficit has actually gone down under Obama? If you tell a lie that is big enough, often enough, a low information public will buy it. That is More..
To SEY: They are sustainable if we are willing to tax ourselves at a level that funds them. They are unsustainable if we are not.