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    JH> Second, based on what they posted here over the years,   
    JH> they've not had an original thought worth discussing.  They   
    JH> have never done anything but spew what the Democrat party   
    JH> puts out as talking points.   
      
    ...   
      
    You couldn't answer this:   
      
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    Between 1981 and 2009:   
      
    We have had 8 years of Reagan in which the Republicans had   
    control of the Senate for 6. We had 4 years of Bush 1, we had 8   
    years of Clinton in which the Republicans had control of   
    congress for 6, and we had 8 years of Bush, in which the   
    Republicans had control of congress for 6.   
      
    Since 1981, when Reagan took office:   
      
    From 1981 till 2009 the Republicans held the presidency for 20   
    of the 28 years.   
      
    The Republicans have the presidency and at least one house of   
    congress for 16 out of 28 years.   
      
    There have been only two years in which the Democrats controlled   
    the presidency and congress.   
      
    From 1995 to 2007 there have been only two years in which the   
    Republicans did not control both houses of congress. And those   
    two years they controlled one house. During those two years the   
    Senate was tied, so the Republican Vice President had the tie   
    breaking vote, which gave the Republicans control of the   
    Senate, and thereby the entire congress.   
      
    From 2001 till 2007 the Republicans controled the entire federal   
    government, Presidency, congress and the supreme court. For two   
    years the senate was evenly divided, but the Vice President   
    could cast the tie breaking vote.   
      
    From Jan 2007 to Jan 2009 the Democrats controled the House,   
    and the senate was tied 49-49, with two independents who   
    caucused with the dems, but are not otherwise bound by party   
    rules.   
      
    Since 1981 there has not been one single *DAY* in which the   
    Democrats have controlled the entire federal government.   
      
    From 1981 until 2009 there were only two years, out of 28, that   
    the Democrats could enact one single law without Republican   
    cooperation. (Pass in congress and sign.)   
      
    Between 2001 and 2007 there was not even one year the   
    Republicans could *NOT* enact any bill they wanted without one   
    single Democratic vote.   
      
    According to the Federal Budget History files, 2010: At the end   
    of WW2 the debt load was almost 122% of GDP. It went down under   
    every president, war and peace, recession or prosperity, liberal   
    or conservative, republican or democrat, until Reagan. When   
    Reagan took office it was around 33%.   
      
    Under Reagan it started back up, under Clinton it started back   
    down again. Under Bush II it went back into climb mode.   
      
    In 1981, 32.6%, in 1989, 53.1%, in 1993, 66.2%, in 2001 57.4%,   
    in 2009 90.4%.   
      
    So, Obama was handed an economy that was at risk of another   
    depression, and a debt load that is headed for crushing.   
      
    If the country went into depression the GDP could drop as much   
    as 50%. The debt would not drop, so the debt load would become   
    horrendous. 90% jumps to 180%. Higher than this country has ever   
    seen. If the GDP dropped 25% that still pushes up the debt load   
    to around 130%. That is a crushing debt. And that is why we   
    might well not be able to get out of another depression.   
      
    When Obama took office he was facing a national debt of about   
    $12 trill. That debt had built up in the 232 years before his   
    inauguration. Yet almost 80% of that debt had built up under 3   
    presidents, Reagan, Bush I and Bush II.   
      
    Around 10% under Clinton, though he spent his first term working   
    to control the debt, and his second to eliminate the deficit and   
    stop the growth of the debt.   
      
    All other presidents combined produced about 10% of the total   
    debt.   
      
    80% of the national debt Obama inherited produced under the last   
    three republican presidents. And 100% of the growth in the post   
    WWII debt load.   
      
    Obama inherited a rolling disaster, and the right is determined   
    to undermine anything he attempts to deal with it.   
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   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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