Comments on: Uh oh spaghetti oh’s http://sarcozona.org/2008/09/25/uh-oh-spaghetti-ohs/ botany, shoes, books, and justice Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:18:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sarcozona http://sarcozona.org/2008/09/25/uh-oh-spaghetti-ohs/comment-page-1/#comment-2107 sarcozona Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:16:24 +0000 http://sarcozona.org/?p=476#comment-2107 The president doesn't entirely control spending, but does set an agenda & has a lot of power thru vetoes, etc. The situation isn't as simple as the cartoon describes, but it isn't as simple as you suggest either. Reagan had a Republican Senate, but Democratic House, Bush I had a Democratic House & Senate, Clinton had a Republican House & Senate, and Bush II had a Republican House & Senate. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" rel="nofollow">House</a> & <a href="http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm" rel="nofollow">Senate</a> data). <a href="http://presidentialdebt.org/" rel="nofollow">Presidential party, however, matches quite well</a> with the basic idea of this cartoon since the 70s: Republican administrations increase debt (as % of GDP) and Democratic administrations reduce it. The president doesn’t entirely control spending, but does set an agenda & has a lot of power thru vetoes, etc. The situation isn’t as simple as the cartoon describes, but it isn’t as simple as you suggest either.

Reagan had a Republican Senate, but Democratic House, Bush I had a Democratic House & Senate, Clinton had a Republican House & Senate, and Bush II had a Republican House & Senate. (House & Senate data).

Presidential party, however, matches quite well with the basic idea of this cartoon since the 70s: Republican administrations increase debt (as % of GDP) and Democratic administrations reduce it.

]]> By: mike http://sarcozona.org/2008/09/25/uh-oh-spaghetti-ohs/comment-page-1/#comment-2099 mike Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:49:57 +0000 http://sarcozona.org/?p=476#comment-2099 I wonder if the cartoonist (or you) are aware that it is congress who controls spending, and it was a conservative congress under Bill Clinton... I wonder if the cartoonist (or you) are aware that it is congress who controls spending, and it was a conservative congress under Bill Clinton…

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