Mitch McConnell and McCarthy own the deficit

[Billiejeens]

No doubt. There has been no fiscal discipline in DC since Newt was couped. But McCarthy said he would do something, not nothing, and to date, he has done NOTHING...

Perfect World -

What would you like him to do?

 

[iamwhatiseem]

 

[The Banker]

and Obamacare grows in costs year after year, it is the most unaffordable piece of legislation in the last 100 years. Biden has not lowered anything you stupid dumbfuck programmed idiot......

yet the deficit dropped substantially since Biden took over, so obviously he has.

You sheep think you can just make shit up.

US annual deficit in 2016: $587B
US annual deficit in 2019: $1T
US annual deficit in 2020: $3+T
US annual deficit in 2022: $1.3T

Trump gave us 25% of our total debt in his 4 years of failure and Trump blew up the deficit increasing it ever year of his presidency. Trump gave us this debt.
Biden has lowered the deficit.

Trump and his big spending policies are the cause of our deficit.
I facts, you have crying and tears.
Get back to me when you can get some facts.

 

[jwoodie]

The republicans and their policies gave us this debt.

Which policies are you referring to? And did you forget that Congress determines the federal budget?

 

[The Banker]

Which policies are you referring to? And did you forget that Congress determines the federal budget?

Trump came in and passed multi year multi trillion dollar spending bills and the deficit skyrocketed from the first day of his failed presidency.

Republicans are oblivious to the policies that Trump had, and his policies gave us this debt. he signed every single budget busting bill and he is most responsible for his massive debt and deficit.

 

[Greenbeard]

and Obamacare grows in costs year after year, it is the most unaffordable piece of legislation in the last 100 years. Biden has not lowered anything you stupid dumbfuck programmed idiot......

Obamacare ended up costing about a third of what they said it would and saving at least twice what was promised. Certainly the biggest budgetary success story by far in recent memory.

 

[Billiejeens]

Obamacare ended up costing about a third of what they said it would and saving at least twice what was promised. Certainly the biggest budgetary success story by far in recent memory.

I love satire.

 

[Greenbeard]

I love satire.

Zero satire. The bean counters predicted it would cost just shy of a trillion dollars in its first decade. It ended up costing about $300 billion, in no small part because health care cost growth plunged to all-time lows after it passed.

They said it would save Medicare $500-700B over that period. In reality, per beneficiary cost growth stopped entirely when the ACA passed, saving ~$4 trillion over the past thirteen years.

Easily among the biggest fiscal success stories we've ever had.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Lets not forget GW Bush and the GOP congress inherited a balanced budget and projected surplus, they then went on the pass $trillions in do nothing spending bills and started failed and mis-managed wars.

Worse still is the US had only a $587B deficit in 2016 at the end of Obama's presidency, Trump blew that up and doubled it pre covid.

The GOP own this debt and the massive $3T 2020 Trump deficit because their policies caused it

Hilariously delusional post even for you.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

How about making the rich and big corporations sacrifice. Ordinary people get screwed by Republicans and the rich and powerful and you clowns are upset at the idea that thy might have to pay a little more in taxes.

So your theory is we need to tax the evil rich and corporations heavily, give the money to politicians and they’re going to do the right thing with it.

Brilliant!

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Obamacare ended up costing about a third of what they said it would and saving at least twice what was promised. Certainly the biggest budgetary success story by far in recent memory.

How does one respond to a delusional fact free post like this?

 

[Greenbeard]

How does one respond to a delusional fact free post like this?

You know they track spending, right? This is all pretty basic shit. It's no secret that the ACA came in way underbudget and Medicare spending (and all health spending) has grown much slower since the ACA passed than anyone predicted.

 

[Billiejeens]

Zero satire. The bean counters predicted it would cost just shy of a trillion dollars in its first decade. It ended up costing about $300 billion, in no small part because health care cost growth plunged to all-time lows after it passed.

They said it would save Medicare $500-700B over that period. In reality, per beneficiary cost growth stopped entirely when the ACA passed, saving ~$4 trillion over the past thirteen years.

Easily among the biggest fiscal success stories we've ever had.

None of that is actually true, of course.

 

[Greenbeard]

None of that is actually true, of course.

Seems like the facts are inconvenient for your world view. Welcome to reality.

 

[Richard-H]

So your theory is we need to tax the evil rich and corporations heavily, give the money to politicians and they’re going to do the right thing with it.

Brilliant!

How about if we taxed the Rich & corporations and used the money to pay down the debt? Like it's supposed to work in Keynesian economics.

After all the government is the source of all U.S. currency, so it would just be returning it back from where it came from - instead of letting the billionaires, banks & corporation invest it in foreign countries - like China.

 

[Blaster]

It is the clear truth. Neither McCarthy nor McConnell has tried at all to cut the spending and get the deficit under control. Just the opposite, both are for funding Ukraine ever more, but at least on that score McCarthy has had a tiny bit of public restraint that didn't matter... none from ZPF McConnell

The massive debt is the fault of both political parties.

 

[BluesLegend]

How about making the rich and big corporations sacrifice.

How about earning your own money and pissing off home you mooching losers.

 

[BluesLegend]

The fact is Washington is robbing you blind with deficit spending and sticking your grandkids with the bill. Future generations are screwed.

 

[The Banker]

Hilariously delusional post even for you.

HAHA
facts make you cry and squirm

Trump's trial is going to be a gut punch of reality.

GW Bush inherited a balanced budget then destroyed that and destroyed America, Bush left office with America in ruin with the economy destroyed, 2 failed wars he couldn't win, and massive mega deficits that he caused.

Then Trump was just as bad as Trump blew up the deficit both before and after covid, Trump printed $$ trillions which caused massive inflation, and then Trump lost the election and couldn't take the loss and made up the big lie of election fraud and incited a riot over his lies.

Republicans have destroyed America and they should be killed by firing squad.

 

[Billiejeens]

How about if we taxed the Rich & corporations and used the money to pay down the debt? Like it's supposed to work in Keynesian economics.

After all the government is the source of all U.S. currency, so it would just be returning it back from where it came from - instead of letting the billionaires, banks & corporation invest it in foreign countries - like China.

Keynesian Economics.

Good God

I laugh.