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In reply to the discussion: Biden is the next FDR. [View all]pazzyanne
(6,753 posts)Balanced budgets are good politics. Every U.S. state other than Vermont has some form of balanced budget provision that applies to its operating budget. Republicans, even though conservative, are not good at balanced budgets. They focus their budgets on increasing military spending and protections for corporations but cut social programs that benefit citizens. Bush, Jr and tRump being examples. Democrats, on the other hand, often step into large deficits and finacial messes. They most often pay down their inherited deficits and manage to increase social program spending through budgets and fiscal management. Examples are Bill Clinton and Obama. In Minnesota, Gov. Mark Dayton took over after years of fiscal mismanagement by Tim Pawlenty and Jesse Ventura. He managed to pay down the accumulated debt and left a surplus as well as sound social programs.