Why when a Democrat governm makes a budget surplus the next Republican governm waste it in war not in people?
141994
Are you talking about the surplus from a Republican Congress?
147067
the government does so many bad things you cannot keep up with them. honestly i think he is having trouble paying for this ridiculous war. but you know, let one of his elderly people get sick and have to have free medication, then he'd bring it back. he cares nothing about anything that doesn't affect him. \n\ni am a republican too.
791932
Because everyone is sick of republicans and their policies. People felt that if their democrats in the senate the war in Iraq would be over soon. Basically with democrats in the senate and in congress, there wouldn't be any more senseless things happen.
793925
People watch taxes because they can easily see how they affect them.  But it's government _spending_ we should really be watching.  As a libertairian I think most government spending is wrong.  But at least the Democrats are honest.  They say they want to tax the people to give money to their favored causes. When the Republicans took over all branches of government a while back they did so by claiming they wanted to reduce spending and cutting taxes.  They cut taxes and grew government spending at the highest rate ever seen in US history.  All spending is in fact a form of taxation.  The only question is who's going to pay.
167473
That's why I am no longer a democrate. I was one for 40 years. I am poor, but realized, I was with the party that kept people dependent on Government. With tax cuts, my kids get more money back now. And the Rich are able to start new large companies, to give more jobs for people.
1177154
Politics makes war go on and on.  We should go in and get the job done but our government leader have to many agendas.  The US is a world leader but not the only one. Our government is trying to make every one happy which makes the war continue. Contact your congressman and tell them to get the job done now. We don't need another Vietnam.  That was a war that politic made us lose.  Powerful money people that support the war with supplies are another reason for the war to continue.  They lobby congress and congress fails to do the right thing.  Let our men and women do the job they were trained for and then we can finish this conflict quickly.
1051187
It isn't that democrats are weak on defense but they aren't willing to spend $$$ that republicans demand we put into defense but all of this over-spending hasn't made us any safer. More money does not equal a stronger defense considering republicans throw the money into totally useless and irrelevant military projects that do not counter today's threats. \nThe fact of the matter is that 3,000 Americans died on Bush's watch and hundreds of marines were slaughtered in Lebanon during Reagan and these administrations were supposedly "tough" on defense just because they spent more. However history said otherwise.
785147
Coincidently, the democrat party relies far more on huge donations, over 1 million, than does the republican party (opensecrets.org). \nBTW, republicans are far more personally charitable than are democrats, who seem to believe that charity is best handled through govt., of course, after the union bureaucrats get their "cut".
1006864
Republicans just dont take responsibility for their ridiculous actions regarding the budget,  and just about everything else they screw up over there at Capital Hill, they just simply,,  put the blame where ever they can, as long as, its not "Them". The Republican code of ethics and oath reads like this, beginning with this simple statement: "I dont recall" therefore I am not accountable".....  \n\nCome on , we all know for the most part Republicans are swindlers... and can fanagle there way out of just about anything when the start to feel the heat!
1021733
Your question is pretty broad, so forgive me if the answer is equally so. First, I'm assuming you mean the US government and US politics. Government spending is enormously influenced by political values. Keep in mind some general (and not always true) precepts: that it is a traditionally Democratic value to have a big federal government that is heavily involved in lives. It is a typically Republican stance to have a small federal government, with minimal involvement in citizen's affairs. \n\nNow, let's take the issues you mentioned:\n\nHealth care: liberal politicians tend to believe that increased spending in this area is a good idea (recall Clinton's government funded universal health care plan that died in congress). Conservatives tend to think private industry is the best way to give health care to citizens, by giving big businesses tax breaks for providing health plans. Note that each supports public funds for this issue, but have different ways of providing that money. Democrats counter that the Republican's idea only benefits more affluent workers who's employers provide health care. Republican's criticize Democrats for turing the government into an HMO.\n\nDefense: Both Democrats and Republicans LOVE spending on defense. Defense contractors are huge lobby groups that get to engage in business ventures with almost unlimited budgets.  There's no secret that the US spends about half its entire budget on new military toys (hundreds of billions). The radical left believes that if we spent less on defense and more on international community-building, the need for a strong military would disappear.\n\nEducation: Both parties say they favor education spending, but neither really does much about it. This is mostly because schools aren't big lobby groups, so unless congress can make a PR issue out of an education bill, there's little incentive to make one. To the extent that the parties do favor education spending, again, keep in mind the fundamental party differences. Dems would prefer to invest directly in school programs, whil Reps don't want to be in the business of running state public schools. They would prefer to offer things like vouchers and tax breaks to encourage schools and families to find their own solutions to education issues.\n\nScarcity: I'm not sure what you're asking for here; if you mean how does the concept of scarcity (of money) AFFECT this, then I think I've already answered your question, at least partially. The government has limited money to spend and it spends it according who lobbies it to be spent a certain way and the ideological differences of the parties. \n\nThe basic diffence is this. Republicans would prefer to keep money in the hands of individuals, because they believe individuals know the best way to keep their commuties running. Democrats believe that the best way to make sure everyone has a share of the pie is to expand government programs that allocate the slices. Who's right? I guess that's for you to decide.
712549
WHAT!!?! Reagan built the military up! because Carter was the one that downsized them, thats why many older military who remember reagan absolutely LOVED him, the US military was the smallest and weakest it ever was when Clinton was in office! he closed so many bases, your co worker needs to check his facts, republicans believe in a strong defense when it comes to the military, many democrats like to cut military spending and use the money on social programs,
643505
It was a shock to me when - as a young adult - I realized that voters vote for the party or candidate that promises them the most loot rather than for the ones they think are best for the constituents as a whole.  \n\nI gave up on the Republicans a couple of years ago when I learned that under GW Bush and with a majority in Congress, the size and scope of the federal government grew instead of shrank.  What's worse, Bush has never vetoed a spending bill!  EVER.\n\nCheck the links below and maybe explore the party of Clint Eastwood and Drew Carey
850533
The long and the short of it is that government cut spending and balanced the budget under the Clinton administration, then STARTED collected more taxes than were being spent by the time Bush took office. This amounted to a PROJECTED surplus, not a real one "yet."\n\nBush continued and worked on cutting domestic spending (where Clinton cut spending in military) and pushed through tax cuts to stimulate the economy that was floundering when he took office, and then, of course the war on terror broke out. Though 'fixing social security' and rebuilding the military was part of his platform, (he really needed to rebuild it quickly now). Any of the PROJECTED surplus was spent away and the budget hasn't been balanced since (go figure) and no additional debt reduction was ever pursued.\n\nSo, the surplus you hear about never really came into being and the national debt has been steadily going up for over 50 years without any sign of being reduced. \n\nSo, since most of the government's IOU's are in the budget columns of social security, you had better invest into a 401k! Hope that makes sense....
1114723
Most of the people here are wrong. Texas and Pennsylvania traditionally provide the most persons to serve in the military. As for socio-economic status they are also wrong. Most military members come from lower-middle class to middle class families and for the most part the are conservative in nature. Democrats don't serve too often in the military, there are a few but the are in the minority. Apparently serving your country and sacrificing for others is not the Dem's way.
541104
You can disagree but you'll have a price to pay.  One aspect of this is to look at the number of veterans that are running for political office now.  Only 1 or 2% are running as republicans the rest 98%+ are running as Democrates.  That makes the biggest statement yet as to how many of the military don't agree with Bush and his policies.
601748
It's stocks and big business, weapons manufacturers, Oil Companies, forced inflation. You see it's a lot easier to make more money by raising the prices up then hiring more people to increase your production. You have done nothing but raise the price and collect the money. That is what the Republicans are about. War is is they don't serve in the military, and fight the wars, they just profit from the outcomes of the wars like George Bush, and Cheney have. People mean nothing to them and their people will never be in harms way. George Bush wont even go to Iraq, He sent Tony Blair last week, He is a sissy.
711972
Republicans think that rich people don't have enough money, and poor people have too much money.\n\nDemocrats think the opposite.