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1. It'd be nice if they tried decreasing the size of government when they're in power...

Fri Oct 4, 2013, 03:16 PM

Oct 2013

... but somehow, even though that's what they really want, government spending seems to grow whenever they have the White House.

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That's pretty much what Douthat is saying Recursion Oct 2013 #2

I suspect that's because the economy does better under Democratic presidents muriel_volestrangler Oct 2013 #3