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Wait, Rush Limbaugh said deficits were bogus?I personally like Rush Limbaugh's recent statement that concerns about deficits were "bogus" all along.
Rush Limbaugh: Deficits are fine, GOP attacks on Obama were "bogus"
“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.”
\They became TrumpeteersWhite "conservatives" were all enraged because Obama started his administration by spending big bucks. A move that saved the economy. They claimed their movement was not about race even as we saw all manner of racist signs and sentiment. The opposition was said to be about spending by Obama.
Trump goes silent on national debt while racking up $1 trillion in 14 months
President Trump has now amassed his first $1 trillion in debt, crossing that ignominious mark late last week — and analysts said it’s just a taste of what’s to come after the tax-cuts and spending spree of recent months.
Indeed, his next $1 trillion could come within a year, and one analyst said he could soon be staring at $3 trillion annual deficits if things go particularly badly in interest rates.
It’s a major reversal for a president who during the campaign had said given eight years he could eliminate the debt entirely, but is instead looking at setting records for red ink.
Trump goes silent on national debt while racking up $1 trillion in 14 months
The US national debt just pushed past $22 trillion — here's how Trump's $2 trillion in debt compares with Obama, Bush, and Clinton
The US national debt passed $22 trillion on February 11, the first time the federal debt had breached that threshold.
The landmark came just over two years after President Donald Trump, who once promised to eliminate the federal debt in eight years, took over the Oval Office.
The US Treasury has been tracking day-by-day debt accumulation since the start of 1993, meaning daily debt figures are available for the presidencies of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Trump.
In raw terms, Trump added the second-most debt of any recent president. According to the Treasury data, the US added $2.07 trillion — $2,065,536,336,472.90 to be exact — in new debt between Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017, and February 11, when the country pushed past $22 trillion. (The US added another $2.8 billion through February 15, the latest daily figures available.)
That is less than the $3.46 trillion added between Obama's inauguration in January 2009 and February 11, 2011, but it is more than the $676 billion added under Bush and the $617 billion added under Clinton in their first 752 days as president.
One important difference between Trump's debt figures and Obama's is that Trump has added a massive amount of debt while the US economy has been strong, whereas Obama took over during the depths of the financial crisis.
Economists typically recommend that the federal government increase spending, and thus add more debt, during times of economic struggles and then pay down that debt when the economy recovers. So while economic theory would support Obama's spending to help support the economy, Trump's recent debt binge has less support among economists.
The US national debt just pushed past $22 trillion — here's how Trump's $2 trillion in debt compares with Obama, Bush, and Clinton
Possible Budget Deal Will Add $2 Trillion to the National Debt
In a statement, the CRFB said the budget deal "may be the worst in history," given the country's current precarious fiscal condition.
"Members of Congress should cancel their summer recess and return to the negotiating table for a better deal. If they don't, those who support this deal should hang their heads in total shame as they bolt town," says Maya MacGuineas, president of the CRFB. "This deal would amount to nothing short of fiscal sabotage."
If President Donald Trump signs the deal into law, he will have authorized a 22 percent increase in federal discretionary spending during his first term in office—having signed a March 2018 budget deal that similarly jacked up both domestic and military spending.
Possible Budget Deal Will Add $2 Trillion to the National Debt – Reason.com
So if the tea party was not a racist movement, where are all the protests now? The same people protesting Obamas spending when it was necessary, support and defend Trumps spending now which is not.
Tea Party - Join the Movement. Support the Tea Party.
not all of us,,,
\They became TrumpeteersWhite "conservatives" were all enraged because Obama started his administration by spending big bucks. A move that saved the economy. They claimed their movement was not about race even as we saw all manner of racist signs and sentiment. The opposition was said to be about spending by Obama.
Trump goes silent on national debt while racking up $1 trillion in 14 months
President Trump has now amassed his first $1 trillion in debt, crossing that ignominious mark late last week — and analysts said it’s just a taste of what’s to come after the tax-cuts and spending spree of recent months.
Indeed, his next $1 trillion could come within a year, and one analyst said he could soon be staring at $3 trillion annual deficits if things go particularly badly in interest rates.
It’s a major reversal for a president who during the campaign had said given eight years he could eliminate the debt entirely, but is instead looking at setting records for red ink.
Trump goes silent on national debt while racking up $1 trillion in 14 months
The US national debt just pushed past $22 trillion — here's how Trump's $2 trillion in debt compares with Obama, Bush, and Clinton
The US national debt passed $22 trillion on February 11, the first time the federal debt had breached that threshold.
The landmark came just over two years after President Donald Trump, who once promised to eliminate the federal debt in eight years, took over the Oval Office.
The US Treasury has been tracking day-by-day debt accumulation since the start of 1993, meaning daily debt figures are available for the presidencies of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Trump.
In raw terms, Trump added the second-most debt of any recent president. According to the Treasury data, the US added $2.07 trillion — $2,065,536,336,472.90 to be exact — in new debt between Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017, and February 11, when the country pushed past $22 trillion. (The US added another $2.8 billion through February 15, the latest daily figures available.)
That is less than the $3.46 trillion added between Obama's inauguration in January 2009 and February 11, 2011, but it is more than the $676 billion added under Bush and the $617 billion added under Clinton in their first 752 days as president.
One important difference between Trump's debt figures and Obama's is that Trump has added a massive amount of debt while the US economy has been strong, whereas Obama took over during the depths of the financial crisis.
Economists typically recommend that the federal government increase spending, and thus add more debt, during times of economic struggles and then pay down that debt when the economy recovers. So while economic theory would support Obama's spending to help support the economy, Trump's recent debt binge has less support among economists.
The US national debt just pushed past $22 trillion — here's how Trump's $2 trillion in debt compares with Obama, Bush, and Clinton
Possible Budget Deal Will Add $2 Trillion to the National Debt
In a statement, the CRFB said the budget deal "may be the worst in history," given the country's current precarious fiscal condition.
"Members of Congress should cancel their summer recess and return to the negotiating table for a better deal. If they don't, those who support this deal should hang their heads in total shame as they bolt town," says Maya MacGuineas, president of the CRFB. "This deal would amount to nothing short of fiscal sabotage."
If President Donald Trump signs the deal into law, he will have authorized a 22 percent increase in federal discretionary spending during his first term in office—having signed a March 2018 budget deal that similarly jacked up both domestic and military spending.
Possible Budget Deal Will Add $2 Trillion to the National Debt – Reason.com
So if the tea party was not a racist movement, where are all the protests now? The same people protesting Obamas spending when it was necessary, support and defend Trumps spending now which is not.
Tea Party - Join the Movement. Support the Tea Party.
not all of us,,,
See post 51 for Trumpeteers' delusions. But I'm willing to accept that there are deficit hawks left. But it's not possible to do entitlement reform without new revenue as well as decreasing future benefits … the math isn't there. And I never saw the logic of thinking it's ok to tax people to pay for old people's medicare but its somehow forbidden to use tax money to fund other healthcare, when that's exactly how we pay for employer based healthcare.
Well, the supreme court disagrees.\They became TrumpeteersWhite "conservatives" were all enraged because Obama started his administration by spending big bucks. A move that saved the economy. They claimed their movement was not about race even as we saw all manner of racist signs and sentiment. The opposition was said to be about spending by Obama.
Trump goes silent on national debt while racking up $1 trillion in 14 months
President Trump has now amassed his first $1 trillion in debt, crossing that ignominious mark late last week — and analysts said it’s just a taste of what’s to come after the tax-cuts and spending spree of recent months.
Indeed, his next $1 trillion could come within a year, and one analyst said he could soon be staring at $3 trillion annual deficits if things go particularly badly in interest rates.
It’s a major reversal for a president who during the campaign had said given eight years he could eliminate the debt entirely, but is instead looking at setting records for red ink.
Trump goes silent on national debt while racking up $1 trillion in 14 months
The US national debt just pushed past $22 trillion — here's how Trump's $2 trillion in debt compares with Obama, Bush, and Clinton
The US national debt passed $22 trillion on February 11, the first time the federal debt had breached that threshold.
The landmark came just over two years after President Donald Trump, who once promised to eliminate the federal debt in eight years, took over the Oval Office.
The US Treasury has been tracking day-by-day debt accumulation since the start of 1993, meaning daily debt figures are available for the presidencies of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Trump.
In raw terms, Trump added the second-most debt of any recent president. According to the Treasury data, the US added $2.07 trillion — $2,065,536,336,472.90 to be exact — in new debt between Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017, and February 11, when the country pushed past $22 trillion. (The US added another $2.8 billion through February 15, the latest daily figures available.)
That is less than the $3.46 trillion added between Obama's inauguration in January 2009 and February 11, 2011, but it is more than the $676 billion added under Bush and the $617 billion added under Clinton in their first 752 days as president.
One important difference between Trump's debt figures and Obama's is that Trump has added a massive amount of debt while the US economy has been strong, whereas Obama took over during the depths of the financial crisis.
Economists typically recommend that the federal government increase spending, and thus add more debt, during times of economic struggles and then pay down that debt when the economy recovers. So while economic theory would support Obama's spending to help support the economy, Trump's recent debt binge has less support among economists.
The US national debt just pushed past $22 trillion — here's how Trump's $2 trillion in debt compares with Obama, Bush, and Clinton
Possible Budget Deal Will Add $2 Trillion to the National Debt
In a statement, the CRFB said the budget deal "may be the worst in history," given the country's current precarious fiscal condition.
"Members of Congress should cancel their summer recess and return to the negotiating table for a better deal. If they don't, those who support this deal should hang their heads in total shame as they bolt town," says Maya MacGuineas, president of the CRFB. "This deal would amount to nothing short of fiscal sabotage."
If President Donald Trump signs the deal into law, he will have authorized a 22 percent increase in federal discretionary spending during his first term in office—having signed a March 2018 budget deal that similarly jacked up both domestic and military spending.
Possible Budget Deal Will Add $2 Trillion to the National Debt – Reason.com
So if the tea party was not a racist movement, where are all the protests now? The same people protesting Obamas spending when it was necessary, support and defend Trumps spending now which is not.
Tea Party - Join the Movement. Support the Tea Party.
not all of us,,,
See post 51 for Trumpeteers' delusions. But I'm willing to accept that there are deficit hawks left. But it's not possible to do entitlement reform without new revenue as well as decreasing future benefits … the math isn't there. And I never saw the logic of thinking it's ok to tax people to pay for old people's medicare but its somehow forbidden to use tax money to fund other healthcare, when that's exactly how we pay for employer based healthcare.
the only entitlement reform needed is to eliminate all of the programs at the fed level,,,,and that doesnt need new revenue,,,
and the rest of your comment is irrelevant because it all violates the constitution,,,
The movement was not lead by the Tea Party caucus. The Tea Party Caucus was FOLLOWING the Tea Party.
You got anything to back up the claim of the OP?
Our eyes and ears. We watched the Tea Party protesting the second Obama took office. They said it was about the debt and deficit. If that was true, we'd still be hearing from them. They haven't said dick about Trump's exploding both.
Deficit Don? Red ink gushes in Trump era
editing.The movement was not lead by the Tea Party caucus. The Tea Party Caucus was FOLLOWING the Tea Party.
You got anything to back up the claim of the OP?
Our eyes and ears. We watched the Tea Party protesting the second Obama took office. They said it was about the debt and deficit. If that was true, we'd still be hearing from them. They haven't said dick about Trump's exploding both.
Deficit Don? Red ink gushes in Trump era
They said it was about taxes and the deficit.
And we don't have to wait to see who REpublicans feel about those issues, under a white Dem president, we can look back not far to one.
Presidency of Bill Clinton - Wikipedia
"After Republicans took control of Congress in the 1994 elections, incoming Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich promised a conservative "revolution" that would implement tax cuts, welfare reform, and major domestic spending cuts.[35] Gingrich failed to deliver major conservative reforms in the first hundred days of the 104th Congress, but many observers continued to wonder if the Speaker would seize stewardship over domestic policy from the office of the president.[36] Meanwhile, with conservatism on the rise and New Dealliberalism in retreat, Clinton hoped to forge a new consensus that did not totally reject government interventionism.[37] In reaction to his party's electoral defeat, Clinton hired consultant Dick Morris, who advocated that Clinton pursue a policy of triangulation between conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats. By co-opting some of Republican ideas, Morris argued that Clinton could boost his own popularity while blocking the possibility of the drastic reforms advocated by some conservatives.[37]
The Republican Congress presented Clinton with a budget plan that cut Medicare spending and instituted major tax cuts for the wealthy, giving him a November 14, 1995 deadline to approve the bill. After the deadline, the government would be forced to temporarily shut down due to a lack of funding. In reaction, Clinton presented his own plan that did not include spending cuts to Medicare, but would balance the budget by 2005. As Clinton refused to sign the Republican bill, major portions of the government suspended operations until Congress enacted a stopgap measure.[38] The government shut down again on December 16 after Clinton vetoed a Republican budget proposal that would have extended tax cuts to the wealthy, cut spending on social programs, and shifted control of Medicaid to the states. After a 21-day government shutdown, Republicans, in danger of being seen as extremists by many in the public, accepted Clinton's budget"
Where were the protests about the spending? No guys in funny hats back then? All we heard about for months were the Tea Party protests.
We already know the opposition to spending and ballooning our debt and deficits is purely partisan for Republicans, what is in question is if it was also racist. Signs say yes. (Actual signs depicting president Obama with a bone in his nose.)
Are Tea Partiers Racist?
The push back took a different form, but it was even stronger. Newt Gingrich was the first republican Speaker of the House in generations. They shut down the government, TWICE, trying to get, reduced taxes and spending and deficits.
That wasn’t the reason Newt gave...
Gingrich, who was the Republican speaker of the House, triggered the shutdown by sending Clinton a bill that he knew he wouldn’t sign because it raised Medicare premiums and cut environmental regulations. Clinton’s veto shut down most of the government between November 14 and 19, and Gingrich hoped Clinton would shoulder most of the blame. But Gingrich’s bizarre explanation for why he triggered the shutdown ensured this didn’t happen.
When asked about the standoff at a press breakfast on November 15, Gingrich complained about something seemingly unrelated. He said that Clinton hadn’t talked to him on an Air Force One trip in early November to attend the funeral for Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. And furthermore, he’d had to exit from the back of the plane.
“This is petty,” Gingrich said, according to The Washington Post. “[But] you land at Andrews [Air Force Base] and you've been on the plane for 25 hours and nobody has talked to you and they ask you to get off the plane by the back ramp… You just wonder, where is their sense of manners? Where is their sense of courtesy?”
https://www.history.com/news/bill-clinton-government-shutdown-lewinsky-affair
And you’re just talking about Congress. Where are the “grassroots” protests about the spending like there were for Obama? Trump is spending MORE.
Well, the supreme court disagrees.\They became TrumpeteersWhite "conservatives" were all enraged because Obama started his administration by spending big bucks. A move that saved the economy. They claimed their movement was not about race even as we saw all manner of racist signs and sentiment. The opposition was said to be about spending by Obama.
Trump goes silent on national debt while racking up $1 trillion in 14 months
President Trump has now amassed his first $1 trillion in debt, crossing that ignominious mark late last week — and analysts said it’s just a taste of what’s to come after the tax-cuts and spending spree of recent months.
Indeed, his next $1 trillion could come within a year, and one analyst said he could soon be staring at $3 trillion annual deficits if things go particularly badly in interest rates.
It’s a major reversal for a president who during the campaign had said given eight years he could eliminate the debt entirely, but is instead looking at setting records for red ink.
Trump goes silent on national debt while racking up $1 trillion in 14 months
The US national debt just pushed past $22 trillion — here's how Trump's $2 trillion in debt compares with Obama, Bush, and Clinton
The US national debt passed $22 trillion on February 11, the first time the federal debt had breached that threshold.
The landmark came just over two years after President Donald Trump, who once promised to eliminate the federal debt in eight years, took over the Oval Office.
The US Treasury has been tracking day-by-day debt accumulation since the start of 1993, meaning daily debt figures are available for the presidencies of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Trump.
In raw terms, Trump added the second-most debt of any recent president. According to the Treasury data, the US added $2.07 trillion — $2,065,536,336,472.90 to be exact — in new debt between Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017, and February 11, when the country pushed past $22 trillion. (The US added another $2.8 billion through February 15, the latest daily figures available.)
That is less than the $3.46 trillion added between Obama's inauguration in January 2009 and February 11, 2011, but it is more than the $676 billion added under Bush and the $617 billion added under Clinton in their first 752 days as president.
One important difference between Trump's debt figures and Obama's is that Trump has added a massive amount of debt while the US economy has been strong, whereas Obama took over during the depths of the financial crisis.
Economists typically recommend that the federal government increase spending, and thus add more debt, during times of economic struggles and then pay down that debt when the economy recovers. So while economic theory would support Obama's spending to help support the economy, Trump's recent debt binge has less support among economists.
The US national debt just pushed past $22 trillion — here's how Trump's $2 trillion in debt compares with Obama, Bush, and Clinton
Possible Budget Deal Will Add $2 Trillion to the National Debt
In a statement, the CRFB said the budget deal "may be the worst in history," given the country's current precarious fiscal condition.
"Members of Congress should cancel their summer recess and return to the negotiating table for a better deal. If they don't, those who support this deal should hang their heads in total shame as they bolt town," says Maya MacGuineas, president of the CRFB. "This deal would amount to nothing short of fiscal sabotage."
If President Donald Trump signs the deal into law, he will have authorized a 22 percent increase in federal discretionary spending during his first term in office—having signed a March 2018 budget deal that similarly jacked up both domestic and military spending.
Possible Budget Deal Will Add $2 Trillion to the National Debt – Reason.com
So if the tea party was not a racist movement, where are all the protests now? The same people protesting Obamas spending when it was necessary, support and defend Trumps spending now which is not.
Tea Party - Join the Movement. Support the Tea Party.
not all of us,,,
See post 51 for Trumpeteers' delusions. But I'm willing to accept that there are deficit hawks left. But it's not possible to do entitlement reform without new revenue as well as decreasing future benefits … the math isn't there. And I never saw the logic of thinking it's ok to tax people to pay for old people's medicare but its somehow forbidden to use tax money to fund other healthcare, when that's exactly how we pay for employer based healthcare.
the only entitlement reform needed is to eliminate all of the programs at the fed level,,,,and that doesnt need new revenue,,,
and the rest of your comment is irrelevant because it all violates the constitution,,,
LolI personally like Rush Limbaugh's recent statement that concerns about deficits were "bogus" all along.
Rush Limbaugh: Deficits are fine, GOP attacks on Obama were "bogus"
Gee and here I thought you all were the charming old people with signs "don't socialize my medicare."Well, the supreme court disagrees.\
See post 51 for Trumpeteers' delusions. But I'm willing to accept that there are deficit hawks left. But it's not possible to do entitlement reform without new revenue as well as decreasing future benefits … the math isn't there. And I never saw the logic of thinking it's ok to tax people to pay for old people's medicare but its somehow forbidden to use tax money to fund other healthcare, when that's exactly how we pay for employer based healthcare.
the only entitlement reform needed is to eliminate all of the programs at the fed level,,,,and that doesnt need new revenue,,,
and the rest of your comment is irrelevant because it all violates the constitution,,,
only because they cant read,,,,and are fucking socialist,,,,
they also said slavery was legal ,,,until they didnt,,,
what gets me about dem and repubes is their cowardliness to not hold the gun themselves,, they hide behind their vote and say didnt do it,,,
Gee and here I thought you all were the charming old people with signs "don't socialize my medicare."Well, the supreme court disagrees.\not all of us,,,
See post 51 for Trumpeteers' delusions. But I'm willing to accept that there are deficit hawks left. But it's not possible to do entitlement reform without new revenue as well as decreasing future benefits … the math isn't there. And I never saw the logic of thinking it's ok to tax people to pay for old people's medicare but its somehow forbidden to use tax money to fund other healthcare, when that's exactly how we pay for employer based healthcare.
the only entitlement reform needed is to eliminate all of the programs at the fed level,,,,and that doesnt need new revenue,,,
and the rest of your comment is irrelevant because it all violates the constitution,,,
only because they cant read,,,,and are fucking socialist,,,,
they also said slavery was legal ,,,until they didnt,,,
what gets me about dem and repubes is their cowardliness to not hold the gun themselves,, they hide behind their vote and say didnt do it,,,
/——/ Here’s hoping you get your google fixed so we don’t have to do your research. What happened to the Tea Party?White "conservatives" were all enraged because Obama started his administration by spending big bucks. A move that saved the economy. They claimed their movement was not about race even as we saw all manner of racist signs and sentiment. The opposition was said to be about spending by Obama.
Trump goes silent on national debt while racking up $1 trillion in 14 months
President Trump has now amassed his first $1 trillion in debt, crossing that ignominious mark late last week — and analysts said it’s just a taste of what’s to come after the tax-cuts and spending spree of recent months.
Indeed, his next $1 trillion could come within a year, and one analyst said he could soon be staring at $3 trillion annual deficits if things go particularly badly in interest rates.
It’s a major reversal for a president who during the campaign had said given eight years he could eliminate the debt entirely, but is instead looking at setting records for red ink.
Trump goes silent on national debt while racking up $1 trillion in 14 months
The US national debt just pushed past $22 trillion — here's how Trump's $2 trillion in debt compares with Obama, Bush, and Clinton
The US national debt passed $22 trillion on February 11, the first time the federal debt had breached that threshold.
The landmark came just over two years after President Donald Trump, who once promised to eliminate the federal debt in eight years, took over the Oval Office.
The US Treasury has been tracking day-by-day debt accumulation since the start of 1993, meaning daily debt figures are available for the presidencies of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Trump.
In raw terms, Trump added the second-most debt of any recent president. According to the Treasury data, the US added $2.07 trillion — $2,065,536,336,472.90 to be exact — in new debt between Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017, and February 11, when the country pushed past $22 trillion. (The US added another $2.8 billion through February 15, the latest daily figures available.)
That is less than the $3.46 trillion added between Obama's inauguration in January 2009 and February 11, 2011, but it is more than the $676 billion added under Bush and the $617 billion added under Clinton in their first 752 days as president.
One important difference between Trump's debt figures and Obama's is that Trump has added a massive amount of debt while the US economy has been strong, whereas Obama took over during the depths of the financial crisis.
Economists typically recommend that the federal government increase spending, and thus add more debt, during times of economic struggles and then pay down that debt when the economy recovers. So while economic theory would support Obama's spending to help support the economy, Trump's recent debt binge has less support among economists.
The US national debt just pushed past $22 trillion — here's how Trump's $2 trillion in debt compares with Obama, Bush, and Clinton
Possible Budget Deal Will Add $2 Trillion to the National Debt
In a statement, the CRFB said the budget deal "may be the worst in history," given the country's current precarious fiscal condition.
"Members of Congress should cancel their summer recess and return to the negotiating table for a better deal. If they don't, those who support this deal should hang their heads in total shame as they bolt town," says Maya MacGuineas, president of the CRFB. "This deal would amount to nothing short of fiscal sabotage."
If President Donald Trump signs the deal into law, he will have authorized a 22 percent increase in federal discretionary spending during his first term in office—having signed a March 2018 budget deal that similarly jacked up both domestic and military spending.
Possible Budget Deal Will Add $2 Trillion to the National Debt – Reason.com
So if the tea party was not a racist movement, where are all the protests now? The same people protesting Obamas spending when it was necessary, support and defend Trumps spending now which is not.
/—-/ only Congress can blow up or reduce the budget - as if you didn’t already know that.The TEA party movement was more concerned with backing the GOP than actually calling out profligate spending. Where was the TEA party when President GW Bush was blowing up budgets?
Our eyes and ears. We watched the Tea Party protesting the second Obama took office. They said it was about the debt and deficit. If that was true, we'd still be hearing from them. They haven't said dick about Trump's exploding both.
Deficit Don? Red ink gushes in Trump era
editing.Our eyes and ears. We watched the Tea Party protesting the second Obama took office. They said it was about the debt and deficit. If that was true, we'd still be hearing from them. They haven't said dick about Trump's exploding both.
Deficit Don? Red ink gushes in Trump era
They said it was about taxes and the deficit.
And we don't have to wait to see who REpublicans feel about those issues, under a white Dem president, we can look back not far to one.
Presidency of Bill Clinton - Wikipedia
"After Republicans took control of Congress in the 1994 elections, incoming Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich promised a conservative "revolution" that would implement tax cuts, welfare reform, and major domestic spending cuts.[35] Gingrich failed to deliver major conservative reforms in the first hundred days of the 104th Congress, but many observers continued to wonder if the Speaker would seize stewardship over domestic policy from the office of the president.[36] Meanwhile, with conservatism on the rise and New Dealliberalism in retreat, Clinton hoped to forge a new consensus that did not totally reject government interventionism.[37] In reaction to his party's electoral defeat, Clinton hired consultant Dick Morris, who advocated that Clinton pursue a policy of triangulation between conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats. By co-opting some of Republican ideas, Morris argued that Clinton could boost his own popularity while blocking the possibility of the drastic reforms advocated by some conservatives.[37]
The Republican Congress presented Clinton with a budget plan that cut Medicare spending and instituted major tax cuts for the wealthy, giving him a November 14, 1995 deadline to approve the bill. After the deadline, the government would be forced to temporarily shut down due to a lack of funding. In reaction, Clinton presented his own plan that did not include spending cuts to Medicare, but would balance the budget by 2005. As Clinton refused to sign the Republican bill, major portions of the government suspended operations until Congress enacted a stopgap measure.[38] The government shut down again on December 16 after Clinton vetoed a Republican budget proposal that would have extended tax cuts to the wealthy, cut spending on social programs, and shifted control of Medicaid to the states. After a 21-day government shutdown, Republicans, in danger of being seen as extremists by many in the public, accepted Clinton's budget"
Where were the protests about the spending? No guys in funny hats back then? All we heard about for months were the Tea Party protests.
We already know the opposition to spending and ballooning our debt and deficits is purely partisan for Republicans, what is in question is if it was also racist. Signs say yes. (Actual signs depicting president Obama with a bone in his nose.)
Are Tea Partiers Racist?
The push back took a different form, but it was even stronger. Newt Gingrich was the first republican Speaker of the House in generations. They shut down the government, TWICE, trying to get, reduced taxes and spending and deficits.
That wasn’t the reason Newt gave...
Gingrich, who was the Republican speaker of the House, triggered the shutdown by sending Clinton a bill that he knew he wouldn’t sign because it raised Medicare premiums and cut environmental regulations. Clinton’s veto shut down most of the government between November 14 and 19, and Gingrich hoped Clinton would shoulder most of the blame. But Gingrich’s bizarre explanation for why he triggered the shutdown ensured this didn’t happen.
When asked about the standoff at a press breakfast on November 15, Gingrich complained about something seemingly unrelated. He said that Clinton hadn’t talked to him on an Air Force One trip in early November to attend the funeral for Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. And furthermore, he’d had to exit from the back of the plane.
“This is petty,” Gingrich said, according to The Washington Post. “[But] you land at Andrews [Air Force Base] and you've been on the plane for 25 hours and nobody has talked to you and they ask you to get off the plane by the back ramp… You just wonder, where is their sense of manners? Where is their sense of courtesy?”
https://www.history.com/news/bill-clinton-government-shutdown-lewinsky-affair
And you’re just talking about Congress. Where are the “grassroots” protests about the spending like there were for Obama? Trump is spending MORE.
Possibly felt that there interests were being adequately represented by the confrontational republicans in congress.
