In the past two years of Congress the word “spending” was said 3,677 times by the top ten users of the word. Compared to 175 times by the top ten users of the word “saving.” In the Congressional Record for 2006-2008, “spending” was said 21 times more than “saving.”
Here’s the top ten users of each word:
Interesting how Dick Durbin of Illinois ranks second for both of the words “rising” and “falling.”
Dick Durbin is also the #1 user of the word “down.” Barely anyone says the word “up” in Congress.
Interestingly, Charles Grassley (R – IA) was the highest user of the word “saving” and the second highest user of the word “spending.” Perhaps this implies that he often uses these words in the same sentence.
or maybe he’s the head of some budget committee.