Budget Deficit shrinks by more than half in 2022

[rightwinger]

Biden Lies About Cutting the Budget, Says He's Fixing DJT's Mess

“The budget I am releasing today sends a clear message to the American people (about) what we value: first, fiscal responsibility, second, safety and security, and thirdly … the investments needed to build a better America,” Biden told reporters at the White House. The Democrat president said he...

www.independentsentinel.com

Fake news

 

[Lastamender]

Fake news

The thread is fake news.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Why don’t Republicans ever shrink budget deficits?

Every Republic budget deficit increases every year?
I don't believe you.

 

[rightwinger]

Every Republic budget deficit increases every year?
I don't believe you.

OK

Show me any Republican that reduced the deficit while he was President

Reagan….No
Bush 41….No
Bush 43….No
Trump…..No

Carter….Yes
Clinton….Yes
Obama….Yes
Biden….Yes

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

OK

Show me any Republican that reduced the deficit while he was President

Reagan….No
Bush 41….No
Bush 43….No
Trump…..No

Carter….Yes
Clinton….Yes
Obama….Yes
Biden….Yes

The annual deficit never dropped during Reagan's two terms?
The annual deficit never dropped during Bush 43's two terms?

 

[rightwinger]

The annual deficit never dropped during Reagan's two terms?
The annual deficit never dropped during Bush 43's two terms?

Reagan tripled the deficit
Bush 43 doubled it

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Reagan tripled the deficit
Bush 43 doubled it

You're confused. Try again?

 

[rightwinger]

You're confused. Try again?

?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

?

Reagan didn't triple the deficit.
Bush didn't double the deficit.

Try again.

 

[Samofvt]

Why would poverty be the norm for most??

Why don't they stop being lazy and work harder?

Those are very good questions to ask. The answers are within the average person's grasp if they were able to take a step back and look at the big picture.

 

[rightwinger]

Reagan didn't triple the deficit.
Bush didn't double the deficit.

How the past five presidents affected the deficit

This article was updated Aug. 2 to include a graph with the annual federal deficit in constant dollars. A viral post por

www.politifact.com

 

[Natural Citizen]

Democrats have always shown themselves to be more fiscally responsible that the Pubs.

So some say....

 

[Natural Citizen]

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

How the past five presidents affected the deficit

This article was updated Aug. 2 to include a graph with the annual federal deficit in constant dollars. A viral post por

www.politifact.com

Glad you realized your mistake.

 

[rightwinger]

Glad you realized your mistake.

Really?

It confirms what I posted
Republicans increase the deficit, Democrats reduce it

 

[Nuthin' Fancy]

In a March 31, 2016, interview with the Washington Post, Donald Trump promised to eliminate the United States' $19 trillion in debt in eight years.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Really?

It confirms what I posted
Republicans increase the deficit, Democrats reduce it

It confirms what I posted

It didn't confirm that Reagan tripled the deficit.
Or that Bush doubled the deficit.

Republicans increase the deficit, Democrats reduce it

The annual deficit never dropped during Reagan's two terms?
The annual deficit never dropped during Bush 43's two terms?

 

[rightwinger]

It confirms what I posted

It didn't confirm that Reagan tripled the deficit.
Or that Bush doubled the deficit.

Republicans increase the deficit, Democrats reduce it

The annual deficit never dropped during Reagan's two terms?
The annual deficit never dropped during Bush 43's two terms?

Lets see

Reagan increased the deficit by 2.5 times, but if you want to be anal about it
Bush was given a surplus so you can’t really apply a factor to how much he increased the deficit by

I was talking about the overall deficit during their presidency, not cherry picking individual years.

Reagan took the deficit from $70 billion to $175 billion. Bush 41 took it to $300 billion. Clinton got it to zero. Bush 43 took it from zero to $1.2 trillion. Obama halved it to $600 billion. Trump’s got it back to a trillion."

 

[Harry Dresden]

Lets see

Reagan increased the deficit by 2.5 times, but if you want to be anal about it
Bush was given a surplus so you can’t really apply a factor to how much he increased the deficit by

I was talking about the overall deficit during their presidency, not cherry picking individual years.

Reagan took the deficit from $70 billion to $175 billion. Bush 41 took it to $300 billion. Clinton got it to zero. Bush 43 took it from zero to $1.2 trillion. Obama halved it to $600 billion. Trump’s got it back to a trillion."

clinton was president at a good time....with the dot-com boom happening he had tons of money coming in......

 

[rightwinger]

clinton was president at a good time....with the dot-com boom happening he had tons of money coming in......

Best economy I ever saw

Wasn’t just the dot coms but cellular phones were just coming out at the same time.