Reply #37: Clinton left a full treasury. Bush needed a surefire way to loot it

[SoCalDem]

A war always works, and this one has a bonus..Oil for his oil-buddies, and fat government contracts to his other-buddies.

Once the treasure is looted, the rest is easy.. No money means that social programs can more easily be gutted, because people are gulllible and can be persuaded to believe that we "can no longer afford" to be decent to the poor and elderly. They are also more ready to accept cuts to education, and heaathcare.

Republicans are experts at this. Every time there is some money in the treasury, they manage to weasel their way in, and steal it all..
It's like the sun coming up in the morning and setting at night.

By doing this, they actually ensure a future term for themselves too, beacuse when people are finally fed up enough to toss them out, a democrat will HAVE to come in and "be tough" to get a grip on the mess that was left behind. Through hard work, he/she will rebuild the country's wealth, but lots of important people will lose some lucre along the way, and another republican will play "Who's 'yer buddy", and will get in again... rinse & repeat :(