Budget

Republicans, especially the Tea Party extremists, make a huge deal out of the federal deficit. They blame the problem on Democrats and an out-of-control tax-and-spend liberal ideology.

There are two serious problems with the blame:

*The current deficit began under the Republican Bush administration.


 * Clinton, a Democrat, left office with a budget surplus.


 * Leave it to Republicans to create a deficit.

*Republicans continue to spend more.


 * The Democrats instituted changes to pork spending and earmarks in 2006. The 2010 budget featured a Democrat as the smallest spender with a Republican as the highest pork spender. If Republicans are so serious about cutting government size and spending, then why on Earth are they responsible for the most pork?

Republicans claim Democrats spend have a "tax-and-spend" ideology that wastes taxpayer dollars on worthless and frivolous programs. However, the Republican-controlled House has voted numerous times to strike down a Democrat-authored bill to end military sponsorship of NASCAR and other sports organizations.