Back in the good old days of 1995, when Republicans controlled both houses of Congress for the first time in anyone’s memory, conservatives began clamoring in earnest for a balanced federal budget. President Nixon submitted the last black-ink account in 1974, and trillions of debt had accumulated since that memorable year. Now was the time, said the newly installed [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as American Dependence, Budgets, Campaign 2008, Government Waste, Health Insurance Debate, Video at 4:35 PM UTC
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Tracking the growth of government since the 1930s is a breathtaking adventure. Presidents serving prior to Franklin D. Roosevelt would not recognize today’s Federal government. By any measurement — responsibilities, receipts, expenditures, employees, departments, power, influence — contemporary American government dwarfs the administrations of Wilson, Harding, Coolidge and Hoover, the last four Presidents presiding over [...]
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Posted by Jerry Pomeroy as Campaign 2008, Energy, Fraud Watch, Health Insurance Debate at 5:40 PM UTC
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