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Republicans in Congress do not care about the budget deficit.
Consider reality:
During the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, the national debt increased a combined 35.6%. It was the largest debt increase in U.S. history. Mr. Reagan alone tripled the national debt from $997 billion to $2.85 trillion.
Yet Republicans didn't complain, didn't rise up in anger, didn't revolt. In fact, what Republicans did do was lionize Ronald Reagan as a patron saint, the near-God of conservatives.
Under George W. Bush, the national debt increased by a combined 27.1%. The U.S. budget went from a $128 billion surplus to a $482 billion deficit. The national debt doubled from $5.7 trillion to $10.7 trillion.
And there was no outcry by Republicans. Republicans didn't complain, didn't rise up in anger, didn't revolt. Even when Vice President Dick Cheney was quoted, "Reagan proved deficits don't matter." Republicans didn't complain.
Consider, as well:
In Bill Clinton's administration, the national debt decreased. It went down by a combined 9.7%. Further -- he balanced the U.S. budget.
And yet Mr. Clinton didn't become a hero to conservatives, even the vaunted fiscal ones. The mere mention of his name still today causes body twitches.
Consider, too,that in every full administration since Nixon-Ford in 1973 up through George W. Bush in 2008 -- EVERY national debt increase in America has occurred during a Republican administration. And EVERY reduction of national debt has occurred during a Democratic administration.
To this day, Republicans -- that party of supposed "fiscal responsibility" -- slam the Jimmy Carter presidency for incompetence. Yet the national debt went down 3.3% during the Carter administration.
Because Republicans in Congress do not care about the budget deficit.
It's just a convenient cover for what they do care about:
Corporations. Corporate tax breaks. Tax cuts for the wealthy. Protecting the insurance industry. Getting rid of Social Security. Cutting Medicare. Dismantling healthcare. Removing unemployment insurance. Abortion.
But John Boehner and Republicans are no more interested in actually making tough decisions than they are in budget deficits. Because clearly, we all know that one way you can decrease a budget deficit is to eliminate tax breaks for the wealthy, or eliminate tax breaks for the most hugely-profitable industries. It may not be the best way, or even the preferred way. But if you really, truly, madly, deeply, actually cared about getting rid of the budget deficit -- We All Know That It Is One Way.
But Republicans in Congress do not care about the budget deficit. Or else it would at least be on the table. And not filibustered.
Robert J. Elisberg: The Republican Attention Deficit Disorder
I can't post the whole damn thing, just read the shit and its all truth.
Yay!!! A Huffington Puffington Post link!
Dude seriously, I know you are a left wing whackaloon... but there's plenty of other leftist rags for you to read.
But John Boehner and Republicans are no more interested in actually making tough decisions than they are in budget deficits. Because clearly, we all know that one way you can decrease a budget deficit is to eliminate tax breaks for the wealthy, or eliminate tax breaks for the most hugely-profitable industries. It may not be the best way, or even the preferred way. But if you really, truly, madly, deeply, actually cared about getting rid of the budget deficit -- We All Know That It Is One Way.
But Republicans in Congress do not care about the budget deficit. Or else it would at least be on the table. And not filibustered.
say it ain't fucking so, the Repugs want to fatten up, protect and coddle the fucking rich as the best fucking solution to reduce debt and make "tough" choice on cutting shit for the middle class, mow can someone please point out to me where has that dumb shit ever worked in the history of the civilized and developed world? That same income disparity is what has got people in Egypt and Libya uprising for change, why? Because they fucking poor and sick and tired of seeing their country's wealth sucked away by the rich elite, not because they want democracy.
Robert J. Elisberg: The Republican Attention Deficit Disorder
I can't post the whole damn thing, just read the shit and its all truth.
Yay!!! A Huffington Puffington Post link!
Dude seriously, I know you are a left wing whackaloon... but there's plenty of other leftist rags for you to read.
Bitch, where are your sources? Post them or shut the fuck up, I haven't seen you post jack shit from any source.
