Republican Voters Dismayed by Biggest Spending Rise Since 1990

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Republican voters are angry, not for the first time, at big-spending politicians in Washington. This year, their wrath is aimed at their own party.

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Gregg (Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire) said one reason spending hasn't been brought down more is that Democrats have repeatedly opposed attempts to cut entitlement programs such as Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security that are growing quickly and are politically sensitive. Those three programs now consume 39 percent of the government's resources.

``Certainly, I've made the case that we have to look at entitlements, and others have too,'' he said. ``But when you look across the aisle, you have to say they're not willing to address that.''

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``Republicans control the House, Senate and White House,'' said Senator Kent Conrad, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee. ``They have a lot of nerve trying to blame Democrats for the explosion of deficits and debt on their watch.''

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=a5zS1ZWR__O4&refer=home

[Deja Q]

1. If only the root problems were looked at and addressed.

HMOs. Insurance companies. The loss of balance in terms of pricing vs quality of services.

Offshoring won't resolve this either; not when the same companies charge for $100 here what they charge for more-or-less $20 elsewhere.

[patrice]

5. Where is Kitty going?

[Erika]

2. But will they have the guts/patriotism to vote against the GOP?

So far they have shown a greater patriotism to Bush rather than the country. Perhaps they need to do a litlle introspection.

[Nite Owl]

3. Since 1990 huh?

And who was President then? There is a pattern here and they don't really want to see it. Someone had a chart of the deficits under Republican and Democratic administrations and it shows clearly who has the higher deficits. We go deep into the red under a red administration.

[azurnoir]

4. The voters need to be

constantly reminded that the GOP has the majority in both the house and senate as well as the presidency, no legislation can pass without their express consent. No matter what the issue, no matter what bill or spending item(s) nothing has been allowed to happen without GOP permission and support, the Dem's at this point have virtually zero power to deny or pass anything in the federal government. Seeing as how all issues at this point in time are decided along partisan lines and no matter who in the American will be harmed or helped by any particular bill, if it does not fit within the GOP agenda it simply aborted in its first "trimester".

[rocktivity]

6. Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security are ENTITLEMENT programs

that are draining the budget? Compared to what--top-income tax cuts, tort reform, CAFTA, corporate tax abatements, deregulation, war profiteering?

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