Yes, they do. The fact is the deficit under Bush was 26% of GNP, under obama in less then 3weeks it will be 36%. The unfunded liability of social security, medicare and mediaid is 50 ttillion dollars, yes that's trillion. Add another 18trillion in loan guantees by student loans, pension guarntees, as such. It was the republicans starting with Reagan that recogonized we must make Social security a privately funded plan and take this huge unfunded liability off the table. It was the demoates who went back to the scare tatics saying retired people would lose their benefits, a lie of course. Bush II tried it recongonizaing the major problem comming, again the dems woudln't budge. During the the end of the 1970's when we had 21% interest rates and 11% unemployment, we had Reagan twith the economic and tax reform act of 81 and 83 tht cut tax rates from 70% hight to 36' This created a deficit, but not due to the tax cuts as they produced another trillion dollars in revenues, it democratic spending who controlld bothhouses. Until 1992. Plus no republican ever incrested the debt by a tirllin dolars in two weeks. The pork stimulius package just passed will not do a thing to help the eononomy, but will instead taoke a a huge amount of money away from the privte sedor and put it tinot he public sector having a buch of cronies spending it as they see fit for their own political gain. PS it Prior to 1964 the social security fund was actually funded, it was Lyidon Johson who invaded it to pay for vietnam. So when you look at the yearly national debt it pales wo what our unfunded liabiltieis are and that lies totally in the hadns of democrates. It's a sad day for America as we march towards socialism. Fairness Doctrine? Nationlization of Banks? Auto companies reporting to govt bureocrates? Census bureau moved int the white house to protect democratic districts while trying to eliminate republicans.