Has the Trumped GOP lost Fiscal Restraint as an Issue?

[schmidlap]

"I'm the king of debt!"
[Trump: 'I'm the king of debt']
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Fiscal conservative John Boehner recently observed of Congressional Republicans,​

"None of these guys said anything when the Trump administration added $1 trillion to the federal budget deficit ​

by the end of 2019 - before a single dime was spent on COVID-19 relief!"​

"They were rubber stamps for it in Congress. Many of them who raised huge stinks about [the Troubled Asset Relief Program] were only too happy to let Trump bail out farmers hurt by his trade war with China," he added, referring to the $700 billion measure that Congress passed in October of 2008 to prop up the nation's financial system.​

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The national debt stood at $19.9 trillion when Trump took office in 2017 and hit $28 trillion last month.​

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In the wake of the sordid, national spectacle of Trump goons attacking Congress, Republicans may have hoped to return to normalcy.

Alas, their core political philosophy had already been been savaged.

Mitch McConnell who aided and abetted the Former Guy's profligate ways recently mewled,

"It's one thing to run up the national debt when you have a hundred-year pandemic ​

but just to keep routinely adding trillions of dollars to the national debt ​

I think is ill-advised for the future of the country."​

Turtle's token, limp-wristed arm wrestling with the Administration reflects consciousness of the hypocrisy of opposing the popular President's popular agenda after having bent over meekly with nary a squeal at the Former Guy's prodigal apostasy.

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Last month circulated a Navigator Research poll showing that 59 percent of Americans support Biden's infrastructure agenda and that 83 percent support his desire to expand access to childcare and investments in clean energy infrastructure, which are not highlighted in the alternative GOP proposal.​

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A Politico/Morning Consult poll from this month showed strong support among Republicans, Democrats and independents for Biden's infrastructure spending priorities, and 65 percent of voters were on board with raising the corporate tax rate to help pay for them. The survey even found that 42 percent of Republicans favored raising taxes on corporations.​

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[GOP worries fiscal conservatism losing its rallying cry]​

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[Mac1958]

View attachment 484110
"I'm the king of debt!"
[Trump: 'I'm the king of debt']
​

Fiscal conservative John Boehner recently observed of Congressional Republicans,​

​

"None of these guys said anything when the Trump administration added $1 trillion to the federal budget deficit ​

by the end of 2019 - before a single dime was spent on COVID-19 relief!"​

​

"They were rubber stamps for it in Congress. Many of them who raised huge stinks about [the Troubled Asset Relief Program] were only too happy to let Trump bail out farmers hurt by his trade war with China," he added, referring to the $700 billion measure that Congress passed in October of 2008 to prop up the nation's financial system.​

​

The national debt stood at $19.9 trillion when Trump took office in 2017 and hit $28 trillion last month.​

​

In the wake of the sordid, national spectacle of Trump goons attacking Congress, Republicans may have hoped to return to normalcy.​

Alas, their core political philosophy had already been been savaged. ​

​

Mitch McConnell who aided and abetted the Former Guy's profligate ways recently mewled,​

​

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View attachment 484115​

"It's one thing to run up the national debt when you have a hundred-year pandemic ​

but just to keep routinely adding trillions of dollars to the national debt ​

I think is ill-advised for the future of the country."​

​

Turtle's token, limp-wristed arm wrestling with the Administration reflects consciousness of the hypocrisy of opposing the popular President's popular agenda after having bent over meekly with nary a squeal at the Former Guy's prodigal apostasy.

​

Last month circulated a Navigator Research poll showing that 59 percent of Americans support Biden's infrastructure agenda and that 83 percent support his desire to expand access to childcare and investments in clean energy infrastructure, which are not highlighted in the alternative GOP proposal.​

​

A Politico/Morning Consult poll from this month showed strong support among Republicans, Democrats and independents for Biden's infrastructure spending priorities, and 65 percent of voters were on board with raising the corporate tax rate to help pay for them. The survey even found that 42 percent of Republicans favored raising taxes on corporations.​

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[GOP worries fiscal conservatism losing its rallying cry]​

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They didn't have any credibility on economics BEFORE Trump showed up, and his four years only calcified that.

They're told they're economic experts because they have an (R) after their name, so they believe it.

 

[BluesLegend]

You just don't understand Trump's economic plan and Boehner is a moron.

 

[BluesLegend]

Speaking of morons ^^^ I'll give them more rope before I bitch slap them.

 

[Mac1958]

 

[schmidlap]

They didn't have any credibility on economics BEFORE Trump showed up, and his four years only calcified that.

They're told they're economic experts because they have an (R) after their name, so they believe it.

Fiscal responsibility had long been a hypocritical pose, but the Former Guy's quadrennial spending spree that they openly aided and abetted killed their fake shtick. Whining now would make them an even bigger joke.

 

[Mac1958]

They didn't have any credibility on economics BEFORE Trump showed up, and his four years only calcified that.

They're told they're economic experts because they have an (R) after their name, so they believe it.

Fiscal responsibility had long been a hypocritical pose, but the Former Guy's quadrennial spending spree that they openly aided and abetted killed their fake shtick. Whining now would make them an even bigger joke.

And they are indeed whining right now.

 

[Jets]

From the link:

The initial shift in Republican political priorities away from belt-tightening coincided with the demise of the Tea Party, the dominant force in the 2010 midterm elections, and the rise of now-former President Trump, who presided over an $8 trillion increase in the national debt.

Fiscal conservatism has been a GOP campaign canard for decades. It’s rhetoric designed to wheedle votes.

President Trump had the first two years in his administration to pass a deficit reduction package to fulfill his “campaign promise”. Instead he passed a tax plan that contributed to an INCREASE in the debt.

 

[schmidlap]

And they are indeed whining right now.

I would characterize it as more of a whimper.

 

[mamooth]

The only topics the GOP will now talk about are xenophobia and the politics of grievance. Democrats talk about issues, Republicans talk about what victims they are, and how the Mexicans are coming to kill you.

 

[Polishprince]

View attachment 484110
"I'm the king of debt!"
[Trump: 'I'm the king of debt']
​

Fiscal conservative John Boehner recently observed of Congressional Republicans,​

​

"None of these guys said anything when the Trump administration added $1 trillion to the federal budget deficit ​

by the end of 2019 - before a single dime was spent on COVID-19 relief!"​

"They were rubber stamps for it in Congress. Many of them who raised huge stinks about [the Troubled Asset Relief Program] were only too happy to let Trump bail out farmers hurt by his trade war with China," he added, referring to the $700 billion measure that Congress passed in October of 2008 to prop up the nation's financial system.​

​

The national debt stood at $19.9 trillion when Trump took office in 2017 and hit $28 trillion last month.​

​

In the wake of the sordid, national spectacle of Trump goons attacking Congress, Republicans may have hoped to return to normalcy.

Alas, their core political philosophy had already been been savaged.

Mitch McConnell who aided and abetted the Former Guy's profligate ways recently mewled,

​

View attachment 484115​

"It's one thing to run up the national debt when you have a hundred-year pandemic ​

but just to keep routinely adding trillions of dollars to the national debt ​

I think is ill-advised for the future of the country."​

Turtle's token, limp-wristed arm wrestling with the Administration reflects consciousness of the hypocrisy of opposing the popular President's popular agenda after having bent over meekly with nary a squeal at the Former Guy's prodigal apostasy.

​

Last month circulated a Navigator Research poll showing that 59 percent of Americans support Biden's infrastructure agenda and that 83 percent support his desire to expand access to childcare and investments in clean energy infrastructure, which are not highlighted in the alternative GOP proposal.​

​

A Politico/Morning Consult poll from this month showed strong support among Republicans, Democrats and independents for Biden's infrastructure spending priorities, and 65 percent of voters were on board with raising the corporate tax rate to help pay for them. The survey even found that 42 percent of Republicans favored raising taxes on corporations.​

​

[GOP worries fiscal conservatism losing its rallying cry]​

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Not at all.

The Republican Party's opposition to Sleepy Joe's Fake Multi-Trillion Infrastructure programs shows that they are fiscally sound.

They have called out the D's who spent the last 4 years as fiscal hawks, and have suddenly decided they want to spend.

The D's are hypocrites here, otherwise they would hold their god, Sleepy Joe, to the same standards that Trump was held to.

 

[MarcATL]

They didn't have any credibility on economics BEFORE Trump showed up, and his four years only calcified that.

They're told they're economic experts because they have an (R) after their name, so they believe it.

What he said.

History and facts dictates that they've actually never been.

 

[Votto]

View attachment 484110
"I'm the king of debt!"
[Trump: 'I'm the king of debt']
​

Fiscal conservative John Boehner recently observed of Congressional Republicans,​

​

"None of these guys said anything when the Trump administration added $1 trillion to the federal budget deficit ​

by the end of 2019 - before a single dime was spent on COVID-19 relief!"​

"They were rubber stamps for it in Congress. Many of them who raised huge stinks about [the Troubled Asset Relief Program] were only too happy to let Trump bail out farmers hurt by his trade war with China," he added, referring to the $700 billion measure that Congress passed in October of 2008 to prop up the nation's financial system.​

​

The national debt stood at $19.9 trillion when Trump took office in 2017 and hit $28 trillion last month.​

​

In the wake of the sordid, national spectacle of Trump goons attacking Congress, Republicans may have hoped to return to normalcy.

Alas, their core political philosophy had already been been savaged.

Mitch McConnell who aided and abetted the Former Guy's profligate ways recently mewled,

​

View attachment 484115​

"It's one thing to run up the national debt when you have a hundred-year pandemic ​

but just to keep routinely adding trillions of dollars to the national debt ​

I think is ill-advised for the future of the country."​

Turtle's token, limp-wristed arm wrestling with the Administration reflects consciousness of the hypocrisy of opposing the popular President's popular agenda after having bent over meekly with nary a squeal at the Former Guy's prodigal apostasy.

​

Last month circulated a Navigator Research poll showing that 59 percent of Americans support Biden's infrastructure agenda and that 83 percent support his desire to expand access to childcare and investments in clean energy infrastructure, which are not highlighted in the alternative GOP proposal.​

​

A Politico/Morning Consult poll from this month showed strong support among Republicans, Democrats and independents for Biden's infrastructure spending priorities, and 65 percent of voters were on board with raising the corporate tax rate to help pay for them. The survey even found that 42 percent of Republicans favored raising taxes on corporations.​

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[GOP worries fiscal conservatism losing its rallying cry]​

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This is how it works stupid

When the DNC is in power the RNC whines about spending. Then when the RNC is in power, the DNC whines about spending.

Hand in hand they merrily enjoy a debt that is larger than any in human history.

But yea, it's Orange Man's fault

Thanks for that.

 

[schmidlap]

Not at all.

The Republican Party's opposition to Sleepy Joe's Fake Multi-Trillion Infrastructure programs shows that they are fiscally sound.

They have called out the D's who spent the last 4 years as fiscal hawks, and have suddenly decided they want to spend.

The D's are hypocrites here, otherwise they would hold their god, Sleepy Joe, to the same standards that Trump was held to.

Your hyper-partisan whimpering fails to take into account the hypocrisy of the same Republicans licensing the Former Guy to indulge in his spending spree with their now opposing public support for the President's popular agenda.

The Former Guy bloating the national debt with their submissive collusion makes their bleating "Wolf!" now farcical.

 

[toobfreak]

The national debt stood at $19.9 trillion when Trump took office in 2017 and hit $28 trillion last month.

Just more TDS-menstral bleeding from a guy whose prez is spending money hand over fist after Trump had to spend all kinds of money to make up for another famous democrat.

 

[Nostra]

Veggie Joe is on pace to add over $100 TRILLION to the debt in just one term.

A Dimwinger talking about 'fiscal restraint'

 

[WTH_Progs?]

I couldn't read the OP due it's dumb from start. That and he's projecting, read below you'll know.

The OP filled up a mile of other's thinking because like them he's PROG. PROGS make things dumb and complex when generally the most simple of things will do, which is the conservative approach. The truth is summarized as follows and the link supports it......FYI, the last time we were balanced was Nixon.

A. By 1990 debt was 3T.

B. By 2000 debt was 5.6T

C. By 2004 debt was 7.3T

D. Through Bush our debt was climbing about 500 billion annually. For PROGS that's half a trillion

E However Bush saw the first time debt grew one trillion in a year, which was his last year.

F. Obama comes in and wholly shit, debt growing 1.5-2 trillion annually, though there were two un-consecutive years of a pinch under one trillion and one year impressive, and no that wasn't Obama's last year (ILMAO @ Trump took Obama's ecomoney"). Besides, he had to borrow money to pay Iran on his way out the door

G. Trump years saw improvement DESPITE what PROGS say because they don't understand how shit works for starts. Trump's worst year was 1.3T more debt before COVID, and then consider such things as our GDP was the best it ever was. In other terms, quite an improvement overall.

H. The OP is an idiot, helps him sleep nights to deny COVID's impact on debt after his Demonicrats are most responsible.

I. PROGS are idiots, because they don't even know congress plays a hand in debt and more often than not Demonicrats were in control of shit when we dove into our deepest debts. Idiots

Public debt U.S. 2023 | Statista

In September 2023, the national debt of the United States had risen up to 33.17 trillion U.S.

www.statista.com

 

[Darkwind]

It is amusing that the left thinks they have any credibility on economic matters.

Trump lost what credibility he had when he said "I'll never sign another budget like that last one" -- meaning the first budget of his Administration -- and then went on to sign 3 more just like it.

 

[my2¢]

A Democratic president always brings out fiscal conservatism from Republicans. With a Republican in the White House all the Congressional Democrats want is their share of the ever increasing pie and that fiscal responsibility on the GOP's part goes out the window.

 

[Brain357]

Trump drastically added debt like. Repubs do. Look at the records. Repubs increase deficits, it’s a fact.