Spend the country into oblivion? When the Conservatives took office there was a surplus. Even Cheney said one of the reasons they chose to invade Iraq was because they could afford it.
The Conservatives spent while cutting taxes. Why? They wanted to make sure there wasn't any money for social programs. It is the Conservatives who wanted the country bankrupt so they could then talk the people into private SS and no medical care. They wanted to implement a condition where people would say to themselves, "We can't count on the government." In other words less and less social programs.
Obama saw that and plowed ahead anyway, otherwise, there would never be money to cover social programs. The Conservatives didn't want there to be money for social programs but Obama saw their game.
The deficit will come down eventually. When it does social programs will be well rooted in. Rather than arbitrarily spending money on an unnecessary war and giving tax cuts while letting medical care for the citizens fall by the way the reverse will be the norm. Social programs will be the priority. They will be covered first and then discretionary spending will follow.
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