Let's try to look at this logically, the previous liberal, democratic administration oversaw welfare reform and balanced the budget.
DirkDiggs, this time around there is no logic to what you're saying.

The budget was balanced during the Clinton administration because the republicans wouldn't let him overspend the way all democrats want to. The vast majority of the credit for the balanced budget belongs to the republican controlled congress as they decide how much money is going to be spent in this country.

When spending started to get out of control during the last 2 years under Bush, once again it was the congress responsible for it. Every single bill put in front of Bush also contained tons of pork spending from the democratic congress which he had no choice but to accept.

Even a OCCUPY FLEABAGGER is smart enough to know that the 535 members of congress are responsible for how much this country spends. The president can play hardball and try to stop some of it but then you have the liberals threatening to shut down the government anytime their huge spending demands aren't approved.

The reason why liberal democrats keep pinning our country's deficits on the presidents even though they know its congress that is responsible for them is because it proves that the deficit blows up anytime the democrats have congressional control.

Over the past 30 years, the democrats have had control of all 3 branches of government during:
1993 and 1994 - They infuriated the voters so much that republicans re-gained full control of congress for the first time in 50 years.
2009 and 2010 - Once again, the democrats infuriated the voters leading to the democratic party thrashing that occurred in the 2010 mid-term elections.

In 1993 and 1994, Hillary tried to shove her socialized medicine plan down the throats of Americans which led to the democrats being ousted from congressional power.

In 2009 and 2010, it was Obama who succeeded in shoving ObamaCare down the throats of Americans which led to the democratic party meltdown in the 2010 mid-term election.

Knowing what happened above, liberal democrats still continue to insist that Americans are in favor of socializing our country's medical care system.

CAN THE VOTERS POSSIBLY OBJECT ANY LOUDER?