Discussion: CBO: Trump's Budget Plan Won't Curb Spiraling Deficit As Promised

Yeah. Ask Kansas about that.

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Oh, cā€™mon, who among us hasnā€™t forgotten to carry the 1 (percent)?

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Par for the GOP course: bankrupt the country then wait till a Democrat has to come along and fix it. Thatā€™s what successive GOP administrations did to California, and it only took Jerry Brown one term to fix it by getting the people to vote to raise taxes very slightly on themselves.

GOP handed out the money they lavishly borrowed to their cronies while bankers made a fortune in interest on the loans.

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Still.

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Hereā€™s the on-the-ground meaning to 50% of Americans: My neighbors are mysteriously going broke and there sure are lots of jet skis for sale - Iā€™m going to get me one cheap! When the kids and I can go to the lake and vroom around on jet skis, weā€™re in the 1% - whoopeee tax cuts work!

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The Rā€™s always call Dā€™s tax and spend while they are borrow and spend then blame Dā€™s for interest cost of their borrowing.

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forever and ever, bless the GOP.

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Denmark has a very happy population, Danes live longer, and they tax the hell out of everything. In return, however, society gets lots of public goods and services. And government debt is 37% of GDP, compared to 110% for the US. 60% is considered a fiscally prudent ceiling. Banana Republicanism.

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Gambling going on in this facility? Quelle surprise!

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Sooooooooo ā€¦ he lied.

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Thing is that their deplorable republican voters will still blame Democrats and never, ever see where their ā€˜thinkingā€™ might be a mite skewed.

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He only keeps the promises that are likely to foul things up even more.
How long until he attacks the ā€œDemocrat Congressional Budget Officeā€?

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Well, not the debt, but eliminating the deficit was no small accomplishment. With some costs, too.

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GOP cuts social and science spending to cut the deficit.

GOP passes pro-business tax cuts to grow us out of the deficit.

Deficits go up.

Media notices, informs us that Democrats need to compromise on social spending for the sake of the deficit.

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But voters are getting great value -s-

America continues to wage a first-class warā€¦ somewhereā€¦ itā€™s secret, but its first-class. Lots of infrastructure throughout the Middle East! Construction in Jerusalem!

How you doing? Me? Gas jumped from $2.69 to just about $2.80. Going up fast.

Good to know weā€™re deeper in debt though, conservatives. Heckā€™uvā€™aā€™job.

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Reality? more like Deep State, fake news.

ā€¦at least thatā€™s how it will be spun by the BUY GOLD crowdā€¦

PERFECT! You win.

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He did have the advantage of right timing, that being the Tech Revolution, bringing in all the revenue he needed to eliminate the deficit. But yes, the costs were high, mostly in human costs with NAFTA, financial deregulation, welfare ā€˜reformā€™, and massive incarceration.

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