The GOP has painted the Dems as the tax-and-spend party. In reality Dems are pikers when it comes to spending.

In 1980 Reagan came in with a deficit of less than $1 billion. In eight years he left with a $2.8 trillion deficit. This was more than all spending from Washington’s time to 1990.

Clinton left with a trillion surplus.

After eight years, W Bush left with a $6 trillion deficit. Also he gave tax breaks to corporations that outsourced 6 million jobs.

All people who spend money pay taxes. Goods and services are priced with taxes factored in. Low-income people spend a greater proportion of their income in taxes, yet are called nontaxpayers.

Most so-called big taxpayers are in reality tax collectors and actually pay no taxes.

Northwest Energy was listed as the state’s largest taxpayer. They pay no taxes. Their customers do with bill payments.

At nearly all elections the GOP outspends the Dems by a large amount. Recent complaints by the GOP on union contributions fail to mention that it costs union members less than $5 each.