that is the issue. The GOP are ACTUALLY the WORST spenders and creaters of wasteful programs. Medicare part D costs us MORE THAN ACA. Worse, it takes care of fewer ppl and nearly all that are over age 65. OTOH, ACA costs less, takes care of more youth who will then work jobs to pay for that Medicare Part D. 
The military NEEDS to update M1A2 so wanted to shut down the tank line while updating it to handle a railgun, as well as automating more on it. Yet, it was mostly GOP that fought that (yes, some dems did as well, but some 95% of the GOP did; again McCain, et. al, believes that the military knows better than idiots who have NEVER SERVED ). 

I mean the spending goes on and on and on by both sides, but the real deficit is from the GOP (which is why I despise the GOP so much; they really are NOT Republicans anymore).