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Old 10-24-2017, 05:21 AM
 
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It looks like the house is going pass the senate budget which will increase debt by over 1 Trillion dollars. Following passage of this budget they are trying to ram through tax cuts. How are we going through pay for all of this?
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Old 10-24-2017, 05:37 AM
 
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Remember, Cheney said 'Reagan taught us deficits don't matter'.
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Old 10-24-2017, 05:40 AM
 
Location: Native of Any Beach/FL
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PFFT++ you voted repubs in--- hello?
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Old 10-24-2017, 05:49 AM
 
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It looks like the house is going pass the senate budget which will increase debt by over 1 Trillion dollars. Following passage of this budget they are trying to ram through tax cuts. How are we going through pay for all of this?
That's what a lot of us are wondering.

How can we continue running a deficit budget, and running up the national debt?

What possible justification is there for tax cuts when we are already in the hole?

Reagan's tax cuts tripled the national debt and that was even after numerous tax increases during his administration. Reagan left so much structural debt to the first Bush that even with more tax increases, the National Debt went up another 50%.

Bush Jr.'s tax cuts didn't work any better.

Why is Rand Paul the only R who voted against their deficit budget that runs up the national debt another trillion dollars?

What happened to the "fiscal responsible" Republicans?
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Old 10-24-2017, 05:50 AM
 
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Remember, Cheney said 'Reagan taught us deficits don't matter'.
Cheney was wrong on a lot of things.
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Old 10-24-2017, 05:51 AM
 
Location: Florida
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I remember this saying:

Democrats : Tax and Spend
Republicans: Tax and Borrow

At least the Dems let you know what they are going to do with your tax money when they goose you.
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Old 10-24-2017, 06:21 AM
 
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Cheney was wrong on a lot of things.
I don't know of anything he was right about.
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Old 10-24-2017, 06:24 AM
 
Location: Phoenix
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It looks like the house is going pass the senate budget which will increase debt by over 1 Trillion dollars. Following passage of this budget they are trying to ram through tax cuts. How are we going through pay for all of this?
Unfortunately, balancing the budget doesn't get you elected.....you have to out-promise, out-lie, and out spend the other guy.
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Old 10-24-2017, 06:28 AM
 
Location: Trieste
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in modern times being for austerithy i.e. fiscally conservative, doesn't make any sense, check what's been happening in Europe since 2008, tens of millions of unemployed, underemployed, people who flock to Australia, USA and Canada...

let's print, work and spend
just make money circulate as fast as you can
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Old 10-24-2017, 06:38 AM
 
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It has been proven corporate tax cuts don't trickle down to the workers. I'm tired of watching interviews from the GOP touting wage increase for workers. Corporations have never been more flush with cash than they are now and wages are stagnant.

On the flip side Dems never want to cut anything, and republicans seem to only want to cut those in need.

How about leaving the corporate rate where it is and actually make companies pay because most of them don't pay anywhere near the rate. Let's close the loopholes. Let's stop fighting wars in every crevice of the world and bring our troops home. What happened to an infrastructure bill?

I am so pissed off right now. Trump touted himself as a deal maker and he hasn't made one freaking deal. He won't sit down for two seconds to learn the intricacies of one policy he wants to put forth. We have to get this deficit under control and neither side wants to do it.
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