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Under Trump, the deficit has ballooned, exploding a GOP myth
cnn ^ | 08/24/2019 | Julian Zelizer

Posted on 08/28/2019 12:45:49 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

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To: ChicagoConservative27

end baseline budgeting, make the swamp critters fight for every budget increase


21 posted on 08/28/2019 12:56:49 PM PDT by chemical_boy
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To: glorgau
That’s on Congress, not on Trump.

If he's not part of the solution then he's part of the problem. None of the Republicans in Washington can wash their hands on this.

22 posted on 08/28/2019 12:56:59 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: kempster

Yes, the Republican Contract With America was a great thing that sadly withered away. Also sad that Clinton was able to take credit for some of its effects.

Consider: Not So Radical Republicans from 1998 Reason magazine...

https://reason.com/1998/07/01/not-so-radical-republicans


23 posted on 08/28/2019 12:57:23 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Still Thinking
He already got half the USDA to quit by telling them it was either that or they had to move to America to live.

LOL! He got a dozen people from two agencies. That's hardly a solution.

24 posted on 08/28/2019 12:58:41 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: areukiddingme1

You should see all the fake outrage from liberals on Yahoo.

NOW it’s a problem.

With the Lying Kenyan it was “meh”. For 8 years.

2008 was the first severe ripple. Then they did something I’d never imagined. They went in more than 8 trillion dollars deeper.

It’s just a matter of time.


25 posted on 08/28/2019 12:58:44 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Let Trump propose reducing spending by eliminating the useless Depts of Education, Commerce and Energy.

CNN would screech about his reckless budget cutting.


26 posted on 08/28/2019 1:00:06 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trump signed a bad spending bill to get DoD funding.

What are receipts? Receipts are the answer to the tax cut issue.

What is spending? Spending is the answer to “why is the debt/defecit so bad” question.


27 posted on 08/28/2019 1:00:29 PM PDT by mbarker12474
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To: DoodleDawg

I read somewhere on FR that more than half the relocated personnel were quitting.


28 posted on 08/28/2019 1:00:51 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

GOP Myth was that Republicans were actually republicans. Trump has exposed them all as RINOs and back stabbers and Frauds of the American people.


29 posted on 08/28/2019 1:00:55 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

if the democrats had any sense this is where they would focus....deficits

it’s not Russia...it’s not racist..it’s not he crazy

it’s the deficits..it’s the out of control spending that Trump hasn’t tried to get under control


30 posted on 08/28/2019 1:00:57 PM PDT by SPRINK (G)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

CNN thinks the democRat controlled House has no effect on deficits.

Is CNN still a network, or is it just a middle-school media outlet?


31 posted on 08/28/2019 1:01:08 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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32 posted on 08/28/2019 1:01:24 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: ChicagoConservative27

You’re right. Revenues went up, but spending outpaced revenues. When Trump is finished building national defense, he will focus on the budget.


33 posted on 08/28/2019 1:02:04 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: xp38
The 0 years had trillion dollar deficits. At worst the current administration is staying at that level. There is no large ballooning increase in the deficit.

When Obama was wracking up trillion dollar deficits we were in the depths of the worst recession in decades. When Trump wracks up trillion dollar deficits we're in the midst of the best economy in decades. We should be paying down the deficit under these conditions not running it up a record rates.

34 posted on 08/28/2019 1:02:13 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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35 posted on 08/28/2019 1:02:40 PM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: glorgau

“That’s on Congress, not on Trump.”

As the media said during Obama’s administration.


36 posted on 08/28/2019 1:04:24 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (It's Fredomania at the MSM)
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To: DoodleDawg
He has no 'line item' veto. He either has to sign the whole budget or veto the whole budget.

But, during the 'O' years there was no budgets, only continuing spending resolutions.

37 posted on 08/28/2019 1:04:49 PM PDT by Parmy
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To: Still Thinking
I read somewhere on FR that more than half the relocated personnel were quitting.

They are, but that's two comparatively small agencies - the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

38 posted on 08/28/2019 1:05:49 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The problem is that the Democrats are saying, “If you don’t give us the spending we want, we’ll gut the defense budget and border control, both of which are Constitutional federal functions.


39 posted on 08/28/2019 1:05:58 PM PDT by Socon-Econ (adical Islam,)
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To: SaveFerris

This is CNN. They are FAKE NEWS and lies.

Obama first four years of deficit: 5.094 Trillion

Trump first four years of deficit: 3.636 Trillion

Link to proof:
https://www.thebalance.com/us-deficit-by-year-3306306

By every matrix they LIE

By every matrix the Democrats and Obama are WORSE


40 posted on 08/28/2019 1:06:41 PM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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