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Lucem Ferre 02-28-2020 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2106458)
Washington Post headline:

The U.S. deficit hit $984 billion in 2019, soaring during Trump era

Since Nixon the republicans have been blowing up the debt by claiming that tax cuts increase revenue by stimulating the economy.

From something I read it actually increases the debt because they borrow money instead of using tax money.

OccultHawk 02-28-2020 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre (Post 2106459)
From something I read it actually increases the debt because they borrow money instead of using tax money.

By definition the deficit is the amount of borrowed money for that given year.

Frownland 02-28-2020 10:15 AM

Had me in the first half ngl

Frownland 02-28-2020 10:34 AM

Lol they care enough about the deficit to cut their own programs and spend trillions on the military. Right.

Anteater 02-28-2020 11:04 AM

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Frownland 02-28-2020 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2106568)
what does that have to do with democrats having cut the deficit and/or balanced the budget in the past

Cutting down the deficit by eliminating programs while still overspending on the military shows that their priorities are out of whack and that they're more concerned with using submission as a way to seem cooperative than actually doing anything about the deficit.

The Batlord 02-28-2020 03:18 PM

Pussyass political expediency?

Frownland 02-28-2020 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2106572)
Why would you cut your own programs if you had no concern over the budget

Why would you fund the military at a massive deficit if you cared about eliminating the deficit?

The Batlord 02-28-2020 03:36 PM

That's not caring about the budget, especially when you only care about the part of it that's politically expedient for you to care about.

The Batlord 02-28-2020 04:03 PM

How can you attempt to balance the budget while throwing vast amounts of unnecessary money at the military?


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