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Old 02-18-2010, 11:53 AM   #1201
piercehawkeye45
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary View Post
Ok, I see your point now. But I don't believe that each and every president will have to spend more and more. Spending is done by Congress mostly. Congress is the one to blame. Congress can control spending. And deep cuts will have to be made. The continual deficit spending is out of control.
This prediction has no real base to it but generational political divides might become very large in the upcoming decades. Unless there is some effective reform, the US might face the choice of cutting large amounts of social security, medicare, etc or face extremely large deficits.

Though of course, congress isn't going to do shit about it until the political pressures are too high. Republicans and Democrats are fighting over the captain's chair in a sinking ship.
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