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This is a vanity, of sorts, I guess. Sometime in the next half hour, the Federal Budget deficit (actual) will top $3 trillion (if you believe US Debt Clock.org). I am old enough to remember when this was a topic of some consternation.

Ronald Reagan used to talk about it. As a frame of reference, the total cost of the federal budget for Ronald Reagan's entire first term was just a tad over $3 trillion. This is the deficit for this year alone.

So, click on the website, pop the cork off your favorite beverage, and have a hearty, sardonic, maniacal laugh along with me as we watch the odometer turn over. It's not like we can do anything else about it.

1 posted on 03/06/2022 3:20:40 PM PST by fhayek
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To: fhayek

It’s transitory. Or something.


2 posted on 03/06/2022 3:23:15 PM PST by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: fhayek

The idiots in our government are spending us into failure. Totalitarianism is what happens after the financial collapse.


4 posted on 03/06/2022 3:26:08 PM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: fhayek

Don’t worry the dollar won’t be worth a rouble after Brandon gets done.


6 posted on 03/06/2022 3:28:42 PM PST by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: fhayek

I remember Reagan creating the Misery Index as a way to pound Carter. I think it was the addition of the numbers for inflation and interest rates. That was a winning strategy for him at election time.


7 posted on 03/06/2022 3:35:21 PM PST by Preachin' (I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
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To: fhayek

Biden has a plan to tackle the budget deficit - more spending.


8 posted on 03/06/2022 3:38:59 PM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: fhayek

America’s empire is steadily going bankrupt.

As it goes bankrupt, its going to absolutely squash your political and property rights. Many people tied to the government and the empire (and there are A LOT of them) are going to declare you their enemy and cheer it on as it happens.


10 posted on 03/06/2022 3:40:44 PM PST by PGR88
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Quick give some more money to Ukraine !


11 posted on 03/06/2022 3:42:31 PM PST by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: fhayek

The sad part is no one cares.

Even on this site posts about the debt/deficit get only a handful of replies.

* Does the debt matter more than Ukraine? Yes
* Does the debt matter more than Covid/Vaccines? Yes
* Does the debt matter more than boys in women’s sports/ Yes

But all of those issues probably get a thousand posts than every one post on the debt.


15 posted on 03/06/2022 4:29:05 PM PST by Renfrew
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