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Amazing how Republicans talk about tax and spend liberals but are willing to look the other way as their borrow and spend conservatives wreck the country. Reagan added far more to the national debt than Carter. Not once did he balance his budget. That is an indication that his economic ideas were not sound. He could not pay for them. Bush I never balanced a budget sending us further into debt. Clinton reversed the Republican trend and gave the country a balanced budget. He left W a trillion dollar surplus. Which that fiscal conservative promptly spent. Bush II is the consummate conservative fulfilling every conservative's wet dream. He cut taxes on the wealthy. IN A TIME OF WAR. He has never balanced a budget. As a matter of fact he has doubled the national debt amassing more debt than all other presidents combined. Your saviour John McCain has already stated that he will not balance the budget until 2013. More of the same failed conservative policies. That tax and spend liberal Obama shows how he will pay for every nickle of his economic plan. You conservatives can fool yourself into believing that Republicans take care of our finances but the record of the last 3 Republican presidents along with the proposal of the current nominee tell differently. As for the economic meltdown it is happening because of deregulation. The conservative track record is quite astounding. The S scandal of the 80's happened because of deregulation. The Enron scandal happened because of deregulation. Now our entire financial system is melting down because of deregulation. And who is one of McCain's chief economic advisors? Phil Gramm who wrote the Bill to deregulate the financial sector. Yet you trust him to fix what he broke? The 100+ lobbyists on McCain's staff will make sure that the Maverick sticks to the status quo. The brilliant bailout alternative put forth by Republicans and echoed by the straight talk express is to further deregulate the industry and give corporations more tax cuts. McCain himself held up the deregulation of the financial sector as an example of how the healthcare system could be reformed. Are you willing to gamble your health on his bad judgement and allegiance to failed conservative ideology? No thanks.

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