America's budget deficit jumps by 17% as spending surges

[reflechissez]

@ImRightYoureWrong

@Guvnah

WHat do you want fiscal conservatives here to do

You guys get the house, get the Senate, get the president and all you have is “what are we supposed to do?” WOW

They’re either bald-faced liars or really impotent.

[ImRightYoureWrong]

@reflechissez

They’re either bald-faced liars or really impotent.

Good little soldiers

[Gravityspeak]

He’s saying that the deficit is high solely because of natural disasters. It’s a ridiculous argument, but that hasn’t stopped Trump’s supporters yet.

[MichaelScarn]

@Guvnah

WHat do you want fiscal conservatives here to do?

The growing deficits are bad. We’re over-spending.

Now what? Should I start supporting Socialist politicians?

maybe you guys could hold your massive rallies at the capital again? You think you couldn’t have an effect on Trump, a guy so vain he literally lied about crowd sizes already?

[MichaelScarn]

@WildRose

That’s crap, the first thing Obama did was more than double the deficit and it never fell again below 2008 levels.

recession

10Charles

[PurpnGold]

Tea party patriots where are you?!

[dantes]

One can “bitch” about the deficit without “bitching” about spending on disaster relief. I would think this is obvious.

Why don’t you figure out how much they spent. It should be very interesting to see the results since you feel this is inappropriate.

[MichaelScarn]

@MichaelScarn

That’s crap, the first thing Obama did was more than double the deficit and it never fell again below 2008 levels.

also, not even close. Obama inherited a trillion dollar deficit. FY2008 ran through the first 10 months of 2009

[ImRightYoureWrong]

@MichaelScarn

also, not even close. Obama inherited a trillion dollar deficit. FY2008 ran through the first 10 months of 2009

More like $1.3trillion I think. But dont you remember? Bush left office with a yuuuge surplus and 1% unemployment. Then Obama spent $9trillion on Obamacare and food stamps! Then the economy crashed. Didn’t get better until Trump finally MAGA

[Plasmaball]

Oh it stopped…you got cowed into your corner…

[adroit]

@WildRose

That’s crap, the first thing Obama did was more than double the deficit and it never fell again below 2008 levels.

Lol, repeating this lie 10 years later. The cbo projected the fy2009 deficit to be 1.2T in early January before Obama was even inaugurated.

[ImRightYoureWrong]

@adroit

Lol, repeating this lie 10 years later.

Must. Defend. Trump.

[NuffSaid]

So where are your angry weekly threads on deficits crushing our kids and grand kids?

Seemed to have quite a few from 2009 through 2016

[CanadianJudo]

How about you hold your own party accountable for their overspending?

[CanadianJudo]

Republican bitched about spending for 8 years, but now its not a big deal. are you admitting the GOP don’t give a ■■■■ about spending?

[dantes]

Typically divided government produces improved deficits.

So maybe you should think about helping make that happen.

[CaughtInTheMiddle]

@PurpnGold

Just wondering where the real patriots went…

they weren’t for lowering the national debt. they were birthers.

[JimmyC]

@adroit

@WildRose

That’s crap, the first thing Obama did was more than double the deficit and it never fell again below 2008 levels.

Lol, repeating this lie 10 years later. The cbo projected the fy2009 deficit to be 1.2T in early January before Obama was even inaugurated.

And the deficit did drop below 2008 levels in 2015

[JimmyC]

@Cratic3947

Nice article…

"Federal revenue rose only slightly, by $14 billion after Republicans chopped tax rates for corporations and most individuals. Outlays climbed by $127 billion, or 3.2 percent. A spike in defense spending, as well as increases for Medicaid, Social Security and disaster relief, contributed to the increase.

Federal revenue rose by 0.4%. The deficit rose by 17%.

[Plasmaball]

It’s funny if you think about it.ttump the giant tax fraud is backed by a bunch of frauds who do really care about spending. They cared because it gave them a lot of noise and attention…