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The Party of Fiscal Responsibility - Democrats

Written by Jed Lewison from the Daily Kos.

In the 2001 fiscal year (which began in October, 2000 and is the last one for which Clinton was responsible), revenue was $1.99 trillion and expenditures were $1.86 trillion. (Figures are in 2005 dollars.)

In the 2009 fiscal year (which began in October 2008 and is the last one for which Bush was responsible, sans about $200 billion from the stimulus), revenue was $2.1 trillion and expenditures were $3.5 trillion. (The recession caused revenue to plummet from $2.5 trillion in the 2008 fiscal year during which spending was $2.98 trillion.)

So even if you discount the spending side by the amount of the stimulus (which Bush wouldn't have supported) that means under Bush, revenue increased 5% while spending increased more than 75% and we went from 4 straight years of surplus to a deficit of more than $1 trillion.

How does Bush's fiscal performance compare to Clinton's? Well, the 1993 fiscal year (the last budget of the first Bush administration) had revenues of $1.15 trillion and spending of $1.41 trillion. So under Clinton, revenues increased 73% and spending increased by 32% and the budget went from deficit to surplus.

And somehow Republicans want to argue they know how to handle fiscal policy?

Earth to Republicans & Teabaggers

Every time I hear Republicans and the Teabaggers rail about government spending and the deficit, with the implicit or not so implicit implication that Democrats caused this problem, I keep expecting to hear the words "just kidding." But these people are serious. In the case of the Teabaggers, they just don't seem to know any better. For Republicans, they are just lying.

To make the culprits of the rising debt easily identifiable, here are some handy graphics that illustrate exactly who has been the problem. Hint, it isn't Democrats.


Courtesy of PresidentialDebt.org

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Armed with this information, I'm assuming that the Tea Party on July 10 in downtown Wooster was a demonstration against Republicans, who are by far the main culprits in our nation's rising debt. But before answering this question, maybe the Wooster 912 Project can address this — how can a group that rails against all things government hold a PUBLIC rally at a TAXPAYER FUNDED town square? Are we the only ones that see the hypocrisy here?

This would be a good time to bring out one of my all-time favorite photos showing the utter hypocrisy that is the Tea Party movement.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack talks renewable energy, farm issues in Wooster

Courtesy of Chris Kick of the Farm & Daily.

WOOSTER, Ohio –Touting a new agriculture and a new economy for America, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Rep. John Boccieri, D-Alliance, spent the afternoon of July 19 touring some of the accomplishments at Ohio State University’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center.

Their trip began with an introduction to the newly installed swing-10 milking unit at the Agricultural Technical Institute’s dairy barn — a $250,000 gift to the ATI from Dairymaster-USA.

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Meet the Candidates Steak Fry August 20

The Wayne County Federated Democratic Women sponsor a Meet the Candidates Steak Fry Friday, Aug. 20, at Quailcrest Farm (2810 Armstrong Rd in Wooster). The event takes place from 4 to 8 p.m., with dinner served between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are $16 per person and $6 for children under 12. Invite family & friends to take the opportunity to meet State and Local Candidates in a beautiful setting and enjoy a delicious meal.

R. S. V. P. by Aug. 10. by contacting Betty Schuler at 330-264-3710 or Donna Anderson at 330-264-0368.

Send Checks To:
Wayne County Federated Democratic Women
PO Box 832
Wooster, Ohio 44691

Letter to the Editor From Past WCDP Chair

Senatorial right-wing politicians have done their best to kill extension of unemployment benefits. This group, with their 'ultra-conservative tagalong' cohorts, are bent on crippling the middle class citizens, keeping people from paying mortgages and supporting their kids. These Senators don't understand that unemployment benefits are immediately spent right back into the economy and will help keep the economy rolling. They will buy kids clothes, pay mortgages, buy food putting their benefits right back into the economy.

The Party of NO and their “fringe followers” should remember just who got us into this mess in the first place. THEY DID - removing regulations on Wall Street which contributed to this economic mess. “Obstructionism” has DIRE consequences. The great American middle class is feeling those consequences.

“Tea-baggers” claim Congress does not read bills before they vote. This is not true. Congress not only reads the bills, they write the bills and offer amendments to the bills before they vote on them. In the Senate bills are read twice before the bills are sent to the appropriate Senatorial committees for review.

Tell the 'nay-saying' Senators to get back to work; to provide investment in non-fossil fuels power; to concentrate on progressing instead hanging onto the past failures. The former president allowed too many jobs to be sent overseas, too much deregulation of Big Oil, Big Banks, Wall Street and too much pandering to the Huge Insurance Industry.

Investments in solar power, wind power, natural gas power will certainly bring more new jobs to America. Cutting out the perks now being given to Big Oil will help pay for tax benefits for new environmental jobs. Investment in the environment will provide thousands of new jobs for the American middle class to move the economy forward.

Demand that the 'nay-saying' Senators get back to work and start working for progress instead of hanging onto the unworkable past. We have seen what Big Oil can do to our environment.

B. Jean Mohr

John Boccieri to Appear on CNN's State of the Union Sunday

Update: Here is the video from the State of the Union tv segment:



This Sunday, July 4th, Congressman John Boccieri (D-Alliance) will be participating in CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning roundtable with Candy Crowley. Boccieri will be joined by Republican Representatives Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and Mike Coffman (R-CO).

All three members of Congress are military members, recently elected. Their conversation will focus on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – discussing the strategies there, the sacrifices and the recent resignation of General Stanley McChrystal.

They will be speaking from experience as military members and will highlight how that experience has shaped their views on military issues as freshmen members of Congress.

CNN’s State of the Union airs at 9:00am and again at NOON on Sunday, July 4th.

We hope you can tune in for this special program.