The debt is bogus, Rush said.

[Penelope]

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh admitted that Republican fear-mongering over the federal deficit under President Obama was “bogus,” while defending the deficit's explosive rise to $1 trillion under President Trump.

During Limbaugh’s show on Tuesday, a caller suggested that Republicans should nominate a young fiscal conservative instead of Trump, citing the rising deficit. Limbaugh dismissed the concerns, declaring that fiscal conservatism was basically a sham all along.

“Republicans can nominate a young, potentially two-term president, one that believes in fiscal conservatism,” the caller told Limbaugh. “We’re gonna have — in 2019, there’s gonna be a $1 trillion deficit. Trump doesn’t really care about that. He’s not really a fiscal conservative. We don't, we have to acknowledge that Trump has been cruelly used.”

“Nobody is a fiscal conservative anymore,” Limbaugh shot back. “All this talk about concern for the deficit and the budget has been bogus for as long as it’s been around.”

That’s quite the statement from Limbaugh, who spent the entirety of the Obama years attacking the president over rising deficits.

Rush Limbaugh: Deficits are fine, GOP attacks on Obama were "bogus"
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Oh the truth, how sweet it is!

 

[Jets]

No shock here. Fiscal conservatism was nothing less than campaign rhetoric.

 

[Mac1958]

Rush says it, so it's gospel.

Fiscal responsibility. Funny.

 

[Blues Man]

27% of the US debt is intragovernmental meaning one government agency borrows money from the budget of another agency.
32.5% is owned by the American people in the form of bonds that are a staple investment in many pension funds and other retirement accounts
The Federal Reserve owns 11.2%

Foreign powers own less than 30%

So it really isn't as bad as people like to make it out to be

Here’s who owns a record $21.21 trillion of U.S. debt

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

The Republicans are only fiscal Conservative when the other party has the purse strings...

 

[Pete7469]

 

[Blues Man]

The Republicans are only fiscal Conservative when the other party has the purse strings...

True

Both parties whine about debt when the other party is in power

 

[Terri4Trump]

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh admitted that Republican fear-mongering over the federal deficit under President Obama was “bogus,” while defending the deficit's explosive rise to $1 trillion under President Trump.

During Limbaugh’s show on Tuesday, a caller suggested that Republicans should nominate a young fiscal conservative instead of Trump, citing the rising deficit. Limbaugh dismissed the concerns, declaring that fiscal conservatism was basically a sham all along.

“Republicans can nominate a young, potentially two-term president, one that believes in fiscal conservatism,” the caller told Limbaugh. “We’re gonna have — in 2019, there’s gonna be a $1 trillion deficit. Trump doesn’t really care about that. He’s not really a fiscal conservative. We don't, we have to acknowledge that Trump has been cruelly used.”

“Nobody is a fiscal conservative anymore,” Limbaugh shot back. “All this talk about concern for the deficit and the budget has been bogus for as long as it’s been around.”

That’s quite the statement from Limbaugh, who spent the entirety of the Obama years attacking the president over rising deficits.

Rush Limbaugh: Deficits are fine, GOP attacks on Obama were "bogus"
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Oh the truth, how sweet it is!

This is what happens when idiots like you wait for 30 years to quote one sentence AND GET IT ALL WRONG.

Limbaugh shot back. “All this talk about concern for the deficit and the budget has been bogus for as long as it’s been around.”

Limbaugh did not mean that concern for the deficit was bogus, he meant that that "talk" - all the talk - was bogus because the talkers never intended to fix it.

It was the empty talk that was bogus, not the actual problem.

I swear to God you are one of the STUPIDEST people I have ever seen . You can't even read properly.

 

[Penelope]

Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh admitted that Republican fear-mongering over the federal deficit under President Obama was “bogus,” while defending the deficit's explosive rise to $1 trillion under President Trump.

During Limbaugh’s show on Tuesday, a caller suggested that Republicans should nominate a young fiscal conservative instead of Trump, citing the rising deficit. Limbaugh dismissed the concerns, declaring that fiscal conservatism was basically a sham all along.

“Republicans can nominate a young, potentially two-term president, one that believes in fiscal conservatism,” the caller told Limbaugh. “We’re gonna have — in 2019, there’s gonna be a $1 trillion deficit. Trump doesn’t really care about that. He’s not really a fiscal conservative. We don't, we have to acknowledge that Trump has been cruelly used.”

“Nobody is a fiscal conservative anymore,” Limbaugh shot back. “All this talk about concern for the deficit and the budget has been bogus for as long as it’s been around.”

That’s quite the statement from Limbaugh, who spent the entirety of the Obama years attacking the president over rising deficits.

Rush Limbaugh: Deficits are fine, GOP attacks on Obama were "bogus"
---------------------------------------------------
Oh the truth, how sweet it is!

This is what happens when idiots like you wait for 30 years to quote one sentence AND GET IT ALL WRONG.

Limbaugh shot back. “All this talk about concern for the deficit and the budget has been bogus for as long as it’s been around.”

Limbaugh did not mean that concern for the deficit was bogus, he meant that that "talk" - all the talk - was bogus because the talkers never intended to fix it.

It was the empty talk that was bogus, not the actual problem.

I swear to God you are one of the STUPIDEST people I have ever seen . You can't even read properly.

Yes he did, I heard him. Deal with it, he said it was all a sham. You have got to be one of the dumbest people ever.

 

[Penelope]

Later on Tuesday’s show, Limbaugh doubled down on his newfound believe that fiscal conservatism was never authentic, accusing former Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., of fear-mongering for expressing concern over the rising national debt under Trump. (Sanford has proposed mounting a campaign against Trump for the Republican nomination in 2020.)

from article.

 

[DGS49]

The criticism of Republicans (by Democrats) as being hypocritical on the deficit is disgraceful.

The reason why Republicans cannot promote financial responsibility is that any time any Republican mentions reducing or cutting any program whatsoever, the Dems and the Media crucify them. While on the other hand, the Democrats are ALWAYS offering a cornucopia of goodies, all paid for by SOMEONE ELSE.

 

[Jomama]

Limbaugh and Republicans are not conservative about anything.
They are not fiscally conservative.
They are not conservative with natural and industrial resources.