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:Tell you what: find your source and post it here, in reply to this message. I will check it out, and perhaps ask for assistance.--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]<sup>[[User talk:TerryH|Talk]]</sup> 18:22, 3 July 2007 (EDT)
:Tell you what: find your source and post it here, in reply to this message. I will check it out, and perhaps ask for assistance.--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]]<sup>[[User talk:TerryH|Talk]]</sup> 18:22, 3 July 2007 (EDT)
Well, he didn't QUITE say that; he said that deficits have risen since the Reagan administration, which only indirectly implicates him. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 18:31, 3 July 2007 (EDT)
Well, he didn't QUITE say that; he said that deficits have risen since the Reagan administration, which only indirectly implicates him. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 18:31, 3 July 2007 (EDT)
::I very clearly said that FDR was among the people who are philisophically opposed to the idea that the government should have debt (strict constructionism), and he absolutely was reluctant to engage in deficit spending. He did of course decide later that it was a necessary evil. That would be worth mentioning too, I just hadn't gotten to it yet. I did not in any way state that Reagan was "solely to blame" for the rise in deficit spending. I just said "during (his) administration...." That's a span of 8 years, not a form of blame.
::Here are some numbers from the treasury dept. As you can see, the debt more than doubled during the 80's. It also rose dramatically during each major war, of course, so it would be worth mentioning that wartime presidents (Lincoln, Wilson, FDR, and George W. Bush) have engaged in some heavy spending.
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt_histo1.htm
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt_histo2.htm
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt_histo3.htm
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt_histo4.htm
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt_histo5.htm
::Make of it what you will. [[User:Kristkrispies|Kristkrispies]] 18:44, 3 July 2007 (EDT)