>>>>>>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/18/democratic-districts-won-twice-stimulus-gop-districts-study-shows/
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>>>>>>Now if they can pay enough to illegals and criminals, they'll really do well next election.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>As it has been, so will it always be. From 2003.
>>>>>
>>>>>"Republicans ridiculed this forever, but now we're in and we see how much fun it is," Flake said. "There's no shame anymore."
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1208-11.htm
>>>>
>>>>Come on, Bruce. Everyone knows it's worse when Democrats do it ;-)
>>>
>>>Republicans didn't talk in terms of trillions.
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>>The stimulus money was in the trillions? I did not know that.
>
>Why did they just raise the debt ceiling?

A lot more of the current deficit went to stabilizing the financial markets, in response to a once in a lifetime crisis. A bipartisan response, BTW.

We can let this go. We have fundamentally different viewpoints in this whole area.