text: why do yahoo libs not understand that almost all deficits were caused by democrats? are they that dense? do they not teach civics in high school anymore? congress, specifically the house of representatives, is in charge of spending the money, not the president. not any president ever.  democrats controlled congress for more than four decades and in that time pitched record deficits nearly every year. what changed? in 1994 newt gingrich was elected speaker of the house and forced through tax cuts that stimulated the economy and produced windfall revenue to the treasury.  i'll admit that it's true that the war combined with liberal-like republicans in the current congress ruined all of newt's work, but why do yahoo! liberals not understand that the budget surpluses in the 90's they're always spouting off about had nothing to do with president clinton? to answer both questions:  that is not what hilary told them to think.  yes.