The national debt: Are you part of the problem, or the solution?

[margaretms2]

I remember this, too:

Obama Riles His Own Party With Social Security Offer

For all intents and purposes: never again.

[Axxowiz]

The left might as well be the tea party, they have done a 180 on everything else including border security and now pro war wanting to keep the troops in Syria indefinitely. Might as well slap on the American flag pants and grab some tea at this point.

[CaughtInTheMiddle]

@Axxowiz

The left might as well be the tea party, they have done a 180 on everything else including border security and now pro war wanting to keep the troops in Syria indefinitely. Might as well slap on the American flag pants and grab some tea at this point.

The left does want troops out of Syria. They just don’t want a real estate dude ordering it so he’ll look good in a news cycle without planning it with our military leaders.

[dantes]

@Guvnah

Go back to the campaign rhetoric of both Dole and Clinton leading up to Clinton’s term. Both were predicting the achievement of balanced budgets many years in the future.

That might have actually happened if it hadn’t been for a few policies of the Bush administration, specifically tax cuts and the Iraq war.

[altair1013]

@Excast

And back in reality…

Clinton in the White House? Deficits shrunk to the point we actually had surpluses.

Bush in the White House? Tax cuts! Wars that weren’t paid for! Deregulation! And he left office with the economy heading off of the cliff and deficits exploding.

Obama? Cut deficits by more than half during his time in office. Inherited an absolutely rancid economy and it turned around under his watch into a period of sustained, solid growth.

Trump? Promises to absolutely eliminate the entire debt, not just the deficit. Has instead doubled the deficit with no sign of that changing any time in the near future.

We can all pretend that something else happened or that both sides have shown equally poor leadership on this issue, but that just isn’t true.

And back in reality.

You treat minor trends that occasionally occur as if they actually mean something. Which stopped or even slowed down the national debt clock? Answer. Neither. They both have accelerated it. Neither party has ever produced an actual plan to reduce the debt. They have done nothing to do so. You really have to be seriously in love with your politicians to actually claim that they have done a good job. You are imprisoned by party politics. Liberate yourself.

[altair1013]

@CaughtInTheMiddle

WHERE is the Tea Party? Sean and Rush should be screaming at them to get to work!!

Get to work on what?

How do you suppose they do this? There are so few conservatives in congress that they have their own little caucus. Any idea how the minority is supposed to force it’s will on the majority?

[dantes]

For the last few decades, every time we make progress to reducing the deficit, a Republican President gets elected and BAM! Tax cuts, so the deficit goes shoots up again.

Seriously. That’s a long term trend.

[altair1013]

@BigBear

What makes Trump’s skyrocketing deficit especially egregious is that it’s occurring during a period of relatively strong economic performance, exactly the period during which deficits should be made to shrink. It’s a colossal blunder, and it’s the Republicans who are 100% behind it.

The national debt was at 20 trillion when Trump got in to office. Now it is 22 trillion. You are totally ignoring the 20 trillion that was there when Trump was sworn in. Why? The colossal blunder is claiming the one party is doing a great job regarding the debt and the other sucks. Nwesflash. They both suck. They suck so bad that they can’t make ends meet with 4.4 trillion dollars of revenue each year. How can 4.4 tril not be enough?

[altair1013]

@dantes

For the last few decades, every time we make progress to reducing the deficit, a Republican President gets elected and BAM! Tax cuts, so the deficit goes shoots up again.

Seriously. That’s a long term trend.

And BAM you are ignoring the 20 trillion dollar debt that was there when Trump was sworn in. Why would you do that? How can any reasonable, thinking human being believe that there was no national debt problem before Trump? It’s been going on for over fifty years and both parties suck. I would be embarrassed to cheerlead for any of the lame assed democrats or republicans who did nothing but run up the debt. They totally failed to come up with any actual plan for debt reduction. They didn’t do it because they suck.

[Orygun]

Republican presidents: deficits skyrocket
Democrat presidents: deficits decrease

About as simple as that…

[CaughtInTheMiddle]

@altair1013

@CaughtInTheMiddle

WHERE is the Tea Party? Sean and Rush should be screaming at them to get to work!!

Get to work on what?

How do you suppose they do this? There are so few conservatives in congress that they have their own little caucus. Any idea how the minority is supposed to force it’s will on the majority?

The Tea Party had no problem organizing rallies while the supposed Kenyan ran our country.

Where are they now???

[Excast]

@altair1013

And back in reality.

You treat minor trends that occasionally occur as if they actually mean something.

Minor trends? We’re talking about the last few decades and which party has actually been in the White House when the deficit situation started to improve/worsen. And it’s the same story every time.

I guarantee you that if Trump loses next year the Republican party will once again demand fiscal responsibility in Washington. Then they can all pretend these 4 years never occurred.

[mollyBrown]

@lulubee

I vote for candidates who want are for raising taxes, especially on the very wealthy. So sorry, but I’m not part of the problem.

OTOH, I’m 100% sure that Trump voters loved the Republicans tax reform that Trump signed into law and has caused the latest explosion in the deficit.

Thanks for saving me from typing.

This post exactly.

[altair1013]

@CaughtInTheMiddle

The Tea Party had no problem organizing rallies while the supposed Kenyan ran our country.

Where are they now???

I’m only going to explain this once. Then I’m moving on. The tea Party is stuck in a small powerless, caucus called the Freedom caucus. For the past several years, the republican party has been run by big government types such as Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell. The conservatives are simply out numbered by the big government types. Some of the tea party was simply absorbed into the establishment. Proving they had no real principles. They turned into big government types. That is what happened to the tea party. I never, at any point claimed that the tea party was doing a great job with national debt. They suck. Just as the dems and the republicans do. So we are in agreement regarding the tea party.

[altair1013]

@Excast

Minor trends? We’re talking about the last few decades and which party has actually been in the White House when the deficit situation started to improve/worsen. And it’s the same story every time.

I guarantee you that if Trump loses next year the Republican party will once again demand fiscal responsibility in Washington. Then they can all pretend these 4 years never occurred.

Which party has done a single thing to reduce the national debt? The answer. Neither. Which is why they both suck.

[highroller]

If we didn’t pass the tax cuts in 2017, the deficit would probably not be as large as it is.

But Republicans wanted their money. Even if they had to borrow from tomorrow.

[Excast]

@altair1013

Which party has done a single thing to reduce the national debt? The answer. Neither. Which is why they both suck.

You have to shrink the deficit before you can begin to tackle the greater debt.

And again, that has happened under Democratic administration while Republicans have come in, handed out tax cuts to those who don’t need them under the guise of creating some new Golden Age, and absolutely torpedoed any chance of balancing the budget. Trump’s deficit for just last year is going to end up being roughly the same as Obama’s last two years combined.

If you want to “both sides” that into oblivion, it’s your call. Facts show something quite different though.

[Borgia_dude]

@altair1013

@Excast

Minor trends? We’re talking about the last few decades and which party has actually been in the White House when the deficit situation started to improve/worsen. And it’s the same story every time.

I guarantee you that if Trump loses next year the Republican party will once again demand fiscal responsibility in Washington. Then they can all pretend these 4 years never occurred.

Which party has done a single thing to reduce the national debt? The answer. Neither. Which is why they both suck.

Clinton raised taxes which led to the deficit shrinking.

[altair1013]

@highroller

If we didn’t pass the tax cuts in 2017, the deficit would probably not be as large as it is.

But Republicans wanted their money. Even if they had to borrow from tomorrow.

You are living in a world of denial. The national debt was 20 trillion dollars before 2017. Both parties are a joke.

Let me use a football analogy. Suppose a team loses a game 40 to 3. And another team loses a game 40 to 6. You guys are claiming that losing 40 to 6 is not only better than losing 40 to 3, it’s actually good. Gawd help us.

[Orygun]

Simple question which will help us know if you are truly a fiscal conservative.

Do you support Trumps tax cuts?