Are Republicans the big spenders?

So are Republicans the big spenders these days? They say they aren't so I ask them which programs they are willing to cut.

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[jpbalkenende]

A female Paultard? This simply can't be!

[emilyekins]

haha

[Deep13lue]

We want to "reform" our welfare programs........ right

That means cut.

It is the basic republican ideology that the government is not efficient and should not have any welfare programs. That means no more medicare, social security, etc.

[emilyekins]

Almost, your comment suffers from the "either or" fallacy. Either the government does it right and should offer these programs, or the government does it poorly should not offer these programs. Instead, you should interpret it this way: sometimes programs don't have the desired outcome and we must reevaluate and often reduce spending.

[jpbalkenende]

Tell me sweetheart, which 15 countries are wealthier than the USA and why are they almost all (2 dictatorial exceptions) more socialistic than the USA? And how come they have lower poverty rates, less inequality and so on. And how come inequality has increased so dramatically the last 3 decades after decreasing so much during and after FDR? Reevaluating means looking at the stats, I suggest you do. I just hope you're more of a pragmatist than ideologue.

[emilyekins]

Well sure, I'm all about the stats. First, it depends on how you measure wealth, right? Such as GDP, GDP per capita (ppp), the gini coefficient (not really wealth, since USSR pretty equal but economically crappy)..? Also, we likely also care about political and economic freedoms, so how to the countries compare? What about HDI? (stats in next comment box:

[JensdawgZ]

That is why I like Ron Paul so much.

[nrev79]

ron paul does

[eric5335]

@akgregor Eh industry??? Actually prostitution is the oldest industry in the world! There have always been wars. And when war is a business, why has there NOT been any profit yet?

[ChessClubMusic]

yeah a democrat not living on handouts!

[bluebudgie21]

;o)

[haegong]

1. republicans

2. republicans

3. republicans

[akgregor]

The US is the only remaining superpower in the world, yet we still spend trillions of (accounted) dollars every year on Defense projects (probably way more, because congress votes blindly on black ops). And yet there are hundreds of thousands of american citizens starving in our own country, mostly children. War is not just A business, but THE business, the oldest industry in the world!