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kleinbl00  ·  3469 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Have the Republicans Done to Kansas?

I once heard a pundit refer to the Bush administration as a bust-out. If you look at it, Democratic administrations tend to be the ones that invest in infrastructure and public works, while the Republican administrations are the ones that give all the money away.

The cycle makes it work. People get pissed at all the money the Democrats take away and vote Republicans into office. Then people get pissed at all the services the Republicans take away and vote Democrats into office. The problem is Bush cooked off so much money that the Obama administration didn't have any chance to make it back, and now a lot of people are eager to return to the cookoff.