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Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy❤
No. of Recommendations: 3
Trump's tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy are responsible for a QUARTER OF OUR NATION'S ENTIRE DEBT
and Republicans now want to cut veterans benefits and YOUR social security to pay for it,
and that's what this debt ceiling debate is all about.
GOP = Useful idiots voting against their own interests since 1955!
Don't just take my word for it...
"The last four years. We're all pretending we've got a lot to show for it,
because admitting what a disaster it's been is too tough to digest. But come on.
There isn't really an upside to Trump." ~Tucker Carlson
"The amount he's added to the national debt is indecent." ~Mike Pompeo
"I hate him (Trump) passionately!" ~Tucker Carlson
"He's a &@#$ing moron!" ~Rex Tillerson
No. of Recommendations: 2
Trump's tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy are responsible for a QUARTER OF OUR NATION'S ENTIRE DEBT and Republicans now want to cut veterans benefits and YOUR social security to pay for it, and that's what this debt ceiling debate is all about.
IN A NUTSHELL!!
No. of Recommendations: 11
Until someone starts talking about raising revenues (taxing the wealthy, not giving special rates to the wealthy who don't rely on an actual salary -e.g. cap gains tax rate is 15%, working for a living is higher than that), etc, I don't take them seriously.
The lion's share of the federal budget is Medicare, Social Security, salaries and pensions (and other mundane things that keep government running). By comparison, the military isn't that much. So when I see proposals about cutting PBS -which you'd have to use a magnifying glass to see in a pie chart of the federal budget-, I know the speaker isn't serious (or is genuinely clueless, but I give them the benefit of the doubt and say "not serious").
Taxes must go up. There is no other answer. Removing M-care and SS is not an option (politically, or practically). Cutting the military won't save enough, and in the present world is unwise anyway. Raise taxes. Now.
No. of Recommendations: 1
Taxes must go up. There is no other answer. Removing M-care and SS is not an option (politically, or practically). Cutting the military won't save enough, and in the present world is unwise anyway. Raise taxes. Now. - 1pg
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When congress, both side of the aisle, will find justification to spend 110% of what ever revenue is collected, then raising taxes is an endless treadmill that math will inevitably force to crash and burn.
No. of Recommendations: 1
When congress, both side of the aisle, will find justification to spend 110% of what ever revenue is collected, then raising taxes is an endless treadmill that math will inevitably force to crash and burn.
That can happen, yes. The last time we had a surplus the "leaders" of both sides were figuring out ways to spend it, instead of reducing the debt. We obviously need some reforms, in addition to tax increases. My comment wasn't meant to be an in-depth analysis of the federal budget. Just that we aren't going to get anywhere if one side refuses to raise taxes when most of our spending is on non-negotiable programs like Medicare. Trimming the CPB or other nonsense is like peeing in the ocean.
No. of Recommendations: 15
Clinton years: GOP threatens default and shutdown.
George W. years: GOP triples the National debt.
Obama years: GOP threatens default and shutdowns.
Trump years: GOP adds another $7 trillion in debt.
Biden years: GOP threatens default and shutdown'
Republicans say the debt ceiling "is like a child with a credit card" except the child is Donald Trump and
the debt is from his tax cuts for corporations and the obscenely wealthy and now they want to cut your social security to pay for it.
How dumb do they think we are?
