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Originally posted by ltl/fb
"good" budget bills are credited to whatever R is handy, even if the R is in the minority party. In that case, it was the pressure of the minority Rs that caused the bill to be as good as it was.
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I am really not trying to make a partisan point here. This all started as a discussion of deficit reduction policy and who has historically sought balanced budgets. My underlying belief is that balanced budgets are something for which there is not natural constituency, and really require some level of cooperation between parties (willing or unwilling) as a result. But I also do not believe Democrats can be justly accused of being unrepetant deficit spenders for the last 50 years. That part is simply contrary to the historical record.
