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Originally Posted by spunkmaster
Clinton cut the defense budget 800 Billion Dollars (Which the dumb ass Republicans went along with) and increased spending 650 Billion on domestic programs during his term. Clinton and the GOP didn't cut anything from gov't except defense spending.
So the fact is dollars were really moved away from defense to domestic programs and some of the savings paid down the debt.
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Clinton also raised taxes, which was a necessary evil, and that raised the funds needed to balance the budget. (And go figure it didn't hurt the economy at all.....and the people in the highest income brackets saw their incomes increase far more than what they lost in higher taxes)
The military budget is the most pork laden of all government departments and it could still use alot more cuts IMO.