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The Republicans were for raising the debt limit before they were against it
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The ongoing hypocritical debacle involving conservative politicians and their fake ideological platitudes is nauseating. They portray deficits and debt as evil entities created by a liberal, mad scientist and the only way to destroy them is by slashing funding for the middle class and poor.
Let’s look at some facts. From 2002 through 2008 the debt limit was raised seven times. President George Bush requested the limit be raised and seven times his Republican colleagues abided. Not a single time did the Republican congressional caucus demand these increases be offset by spending cuts. Never did they hold the American economy by the throat with the threat of default when Bush asked for increases. On the day Bush took office, the national debt stood at $5.727 trillion. By the end of his tenure it was $9.849 trillion. That is a 72 percent increase on Mr. Bush’s watch. Does anyone remember John Boehner standing firm against spending and raising the debt limit then? How about Sen. Mitch McConnell? I do not seem to recall him having a passionate objection to spending, debt and deficits.
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