A trillion here and a trillion there...
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wrote on 13 Feb 2025, 20:18 last edited by
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wrote on 13 Feb 2025, 20:20 last edited by
With the election over we can safely blame the fed again for inflationary monetary policy.
Nature is healing.
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wrote on 13 Feb 2025, 20:23 last edited by Jolly
I'm willing to admit -with 20/20 hindsight - that Trump started the ball rolling, but Biden gave it a mighty and unneeded kick.
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wrote on 13 Feb 2025, 20:39 last edited by
This debt thing sure does seem like a looming tidal wave that we have no plan for.
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wrote on 13 Feb 2025, 21:11 last edited by
The house has a plan to increase it by 10% in just two years.
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wrote on 13 Feb 2025, 21:14 last edited by
I remember a Bush guy who wanted to "defund the government" and implemented a number of tax cuts just before committing to a 3 trillion dollar war. That ball has been rolling for a while now. Heck, Reagan talked a good talk and still did a good job of making a generous contribution.
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I remember a Bush guy who wanted to "defund the government" and implemented a number of tax cuts just before committing to a 3 trillion dollar war. That ball has been rolling for a while now. Heck, Reagan talked a good talk and still did a good job of making a generous contribution.
wrote on 13 Feb 2025, 22:00 last edited by@kluurs said in A trillion here and a trillion there...:
I remember a Bush guy who wanted to "defund the government" and implemented a number of tax cuts just before committing to a 3 trillion dollar war. That ball has been rolling for a while now. Heck, Reagan talked a good talk and still did a good job of making a generous contribution.
Deficits don't matter.
Of course, that was said when Dick Cheney was considered a rabid right-winger. Now, he's looked on as some kind of RINO.
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@kluurs said in A trillion here and a trillion there...:
I remember a Bush guy who wanted to "defund the government" and implemented a number of tax cuts just before committing to a 3 trillion dollar war. That ball has been rolling for a while now. Heck, Reagan talked a good talk and still did a good job of making a generous contribution.
Deficits don't matter.
Of course, that was said when Dick Cheney was considered a rabid right-winger. Now, he's looked on as some kind of RINO.
wrote on 14 Feb 2025, 00:08 last edited by RenaudaWorse than that, Cheney is now a neo-con and globalist. Very, very bad indeed.
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@Horace said in A trillion here and a trillion there...:
This debt thing sure does seem like a looming tidal wave that we have no plan for.
Musk has been pretty blunt about it, more than most politicians. It will bankrupt us in the not-so-distant future. And who knows more about bankruptcies than...