Keeping Up With The Deficit

[g5000]

It never ceases to baffle the daylights out of me there are millions of Americans who actually bleev the Republican Party is the party of fiscal responsibility.

Every time the Republicans have held all the power, they have INCREASED the deficit. In his first term, with full GOP control, Donald Trump DOUBLED the deficit.

BEFORE Covid.

Trump racked almost as much debt in FOUR years that Obama did in EIGHT. And this was met with DEAD SILENCE by his supporters.

Dead. Silence.

And now, with FY2026 only halfway over, Trump and the lickspittle GOP Congress have racked up, "Are you listening media?", $1.169 TRILLION of additional debt! And the cult is once again dead silent.

Listen.

Listen.

The federal debt is the only existential threat to the United States.

Not Iran. Not trannies. Not Mexicans.

The debt.

I will now stand by as Trump's followers conjure up a hilarious way to blame the Democrats for $1.169 trillion of Trump's debt.

Yes, Trump's debt. When Obama was in office, the present day hypocrites blamed Obama for every penny of the debt accumulated on his watch.

So this is Trump's debt.

Link:

March Closes with $164.10 Billion Deficit, Up to $1.169 Trillion Deficit for FY2026​

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Through the first half of fiscal year 2026, deficits were $1.169 trillion. This means 32.01 percent of outlays in FY2026 were not paid for by revenues, and for every dollar the federal government received in revenue, it spent $1.47.

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[Natural Citizen]

The federal debt is the only existential threat to the United States.

eeeyep...

Though, if we're being intellectually honest, all of those other things you trivialized in comparison do add to the debt significantly.

But yeah, the single biggest threat to America's national security is absolutely the debt.

And they want to tack on trillions more. 2 trillion more now and then another 20 trillion over the next decade, according to the 2027 budget.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

It never ceases to baffle the daylights out of me there are millions of Americans who actually bleev the Republican Party is the party of fiscal responsibility.

Every time the Republicans have held all the power, they have INCREASED the deficit. In his first term, with full GOP control, Donald Trump DOUBLED the deficit.

BEFORE Covid.

Trump racked almost as much debt in FOUR years that Obama did in EIGHT. And this was met with DEAD SILENCE by his supporters.

Dead. Silence.

And now, with FY2026 only halfway over, Trump and the lickspittle GOP Congress have racked up, "Are you listening media?", $1.169 TRILLION of additional debt! And the cult is once again dead silent.

Listen.

Listen.

The federal debt is the only existential threat to the United States.

Not Iran. Not trannies. Not Mexicans.

The debt.

I will now stand by as Trump's followers conjure up a hilarious way to blame the Democrats for $1.169 trillion of Trump's debt.

Yes, Trump's debt. When Obama was in office, the present day hypocrites blamed Obama for every penny of the debt accumulated on his watch.

So this is Trump's debt.

Link:

March Closes with $164.10 Billion Deficit, Up to $1.169 Trillion Deficit for FY2026​

​

Through the first half of fiscal year 2026, deficits were $1.169 trillion. This means 32.01 percent of outlays in FY2026 were not paid for by revenues, and for every dollar the federal government received in revenue, it spent $1.47.

.

Trump racked almost as much debt in FOUR years that Obama did in EIGHT.

And less than Biden did in four.

 

[Natural Citizen]

Trump racked almost as much debt in FOUR years that Obama did in EIGHT.

And less than Biden did in four.

This is where the debate always goes down the drain, and always very early on in threads like this, as a bone is thrown out there to turn discussion into a low-value pecker waving contest between the red helmets and the blue helmets about who added what before any actual meaningful, fruitful discussion with regard to the actual debt itself and its impact can ever be had.

This is specifically why any semblance of serious discussion by serious people can never be had on this particular board regarding such things.

They're all putting America in the poor house, all they're doing is passing the baton off to one another every four years or so.

Ah well. It was worth a shot anyway. What a joke. Proceed...

 

[leftwinger]

Deep State Create disaster. Setup Spending off charts to "fix it" . Steal power for puppet DEMs. Setup $1T on-going fraud into blue hell hole cities. Siphon 10% 25% 50% off the top back to DNC.

Use stolen money to Hold power for DEM. Pay media to lie. Make USA an unfixable mess (Border, cities, crime). Collapse Country. Blame Trump or GWB back to Obiden 1.0, that's all this is. Yawning. Dummies 101 eat it up.

Only Trump. Tries to stop it AND fix the Countries problems despite.

 

[leftwinger]

Until you stop the stolen $1T, prosecute those responsible AND fix at least 21 State Election Fraud you will never solve anything. Deep State must be stopped and jailed. Wealth seized for restitution.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Republicans are infamous for their hypocrisy and contempt for sound, responsible governance.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

This is where the debate always goes down the drain, and always very early on in threads like this, as a bone is thrown out there to turn discussion into a low-value pecker waving contest between the red helmets and the blue helmets about who added what before any actual meaningful, fruitful discussion with regard to the actual debt itself and its impact can ever be had.

This is specifically why any semblance of serious discussion by serious people can never be had on this particular board regarding such things.

They're all putting America in the poor house, all they're doing is passing the baton off to one another every four years or so.

Ah well. It was worth a shot anyway. What a joke. Proceed...

Yeah, Trump is awful, while Obama/Biden added $18 trillion to the debt.

What a joke indeed.

 

[22lcidw]

Republicans are infamous for their hypocrisy and contempt for sound, responsible governance.

So, Progressives will balance the budget when they return to power. You screwed up a fragile recovery from Covid with your asinine agendas on the first day of Joe and all the EO's. Adn then compounded with all that legislation in which nothing was done and people, prog areas, unions, and other interests got paid off. Stupid green energy scams, spending a trillion for inflation reduction which is as stupid as it comes and more. Just the stroke of a pen on Joe's first day caused misery.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

It never ceases to baffle the daylights out of me there are millions of Americans who actually bleev the Republican Party is the party of fiscal responsibility.

Every time the Republicans have held all the power, they have INCREASED the deficit. In his first term, with full GOP control, Donald Trump DOUBLED the deficit.

BEFORE Covid.

Trump racked almost as much debt in FOUR years that Obama did in EIGHT. And this was met with DEAD SILENCE by his supporters.

Dead. Silence.

And now, with FY2026 only halfway over, Trump and the lickspittle GOP Congress have racked up, "Are you listening media?", $1.169 TRILLION of additional debt! And the cult is once again dead silent.

Listen.

Listen.

The federal debt is the only existential threat to the United States.

Not Iran. Not trannies. Not Mexicans.

The debt.

I will now stand by as Trump's followers conjure up a hilarious way to blame the Democrats for $1.169 trillion of Trump's debt.

Yes, Trump's debt. When Obama was in office, the present day hypocrites blamed Obama for every penny of the debt accumulated on his watch.

So this is Trump's debt.

Link:

March Closes with $164.10 Billion Deficit, Up to $1.169 Trillion Deficit for FY2026​

​

Through the first half of fiscal year 2026, deficits were $1.169 trillion. This means 32.01 percent of outlays in FY2026 were not paid for by revenues, and for every dollar the federal government received in revenue, it spent $1.47.

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Ok, so next time the republicans try to cut the spending you democrats are going to agree and vote for it. Right? You’re going to do that right?

 

[leftwinger]

Yeah, Trump is awful, while Obama/Biden added $18 trillion to the debt.

What a joke indeed.

Technically the Obiden 1.0 years added $11.5T. They used funny math to charge GWB one of the stimulus. Dirty play from day1.

GWB was in on it and OK with it evidently? Obiden 1.0 years continued spending at stimulus level every year on a CR. Deep State trickery 101 when a $1T was real money. Congress to blame not just the muslim and sleepy.

 

[g5000]

Trump racked almost as much debt in FOUR years that Obama did in EIGHT.

And less than Biden did in four.

 

[g5000]

Yeah, Trump is awful, while Obama/Biden added $18 trillion to the debt.

 

[g5000]

So, Progressives will balance the budget when they return to power. You screwed up a fragile recovery from Covid with your asinine agendas on the first day of Joe and all the EO's. Adn then compounded with all that legislation in which nothing was done and people, prog areas, unions, and other interests got paid off. Stupid green energy scams, spending a trillion for inflation reduction which is as stupid as it comes and more. Just the stroke of a pen on Joe's first day caused misery.

I can always count on a cult member to come along and find a way to blame/deflect to Democrats for Trump's debt.

 

[g5000]

Ok, so next time the republicans try to cut the spending you democrats are going to agree and vote for it. Right? You’re going to do that right?

"Republicans try to cut spending"...BWAAA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

Oh man. That's priceless.

Your post harkens right back to my very first sentence of this topic.

And once again, a cult member tries to blame Trump's debt on the Democrats.


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[Lockback]

Republicans try to cut spending...BWAAA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

Once again, a cult member tries to blame Trump's debt on the Democrats.

Oh man. That's priceless.

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Both parties SUCK at cutting spending.
The Democrats are by far the worst ... but the GOP is little better anymore.

 

[g5000]

The Democrats are by far the worst ... but the GOP is little better anymore.

Nope. You are willfully blind.

My first sentence in this topic is dead on.

With a GOP House and Senate, Dubya doubled the debt.

With a GOP House and Senate, Trump doubled the deficit that Obama had cut in half.

Trump, by himself, is going to rack up more debt than Obama and Biden combined.

He is already far more than halfway there.

 

[g5000]

Democrats: Tax and spend.

Republicans: Borrow and spend.

It doesn't take a genius to see which method racks up debt more quickly.

 

[Papageorgio]

It never ceases to baffle the daylights out of me there are millions of Americans who actually bleev the Republican Party is the party of fiscal responsibility.

Every time the Republicans have held all the power, they have INCREASED the deficit. In his first term, with full GOP control, Donald Trump DOUBLED the deficit.

BEFORE Covid.

Trump racked almost as much debt in FOUR years that Obama did in EIGHT. And this was met with DEAD SILENCE by his supporters.

Dead. Silence.

And now, with FY2026 only halfway over, Trump and the lickspittle GOP Congress have racked up, "Are you listening media?", $1.169 TRILLION of additional debt! And the cult is once again dead silent.

Listen.

Listen.

The federal debt is the only existential threat to the United States.

Not Iran. Not trannies. Not Mexicans.

The debt.

I will now stand by as Trump's followers conjure up a hilarious way to blame the Democrats for $1.169 trillion of Trump's debt.

Yes, Trump's debt. When Obama was in office, the present day hypocrites blamed Obama for every penny of the debt accumulated on his watch.

So this is Trump's debt.

Link:

March Closes with $164.10 Billion Deficit, Up to $1.169 Trillion Deficit for FY2026​

​

Through the first half of fiscal year 2026, deficits were $1.169 trillion. This means 32.01 percent of outlays in FY2026 were not paid for by revenues, and for every dollar the federal government received in revenue, it spent $1.47.

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I have said that over and over and over again, but no one on either side cares, they only ***** when the other side does it.

I also said long ago no one will reduce the debt because the public does not care, they want the freebies.

 

[g5000]

I have said that over and over and over again, but no one on either side cares, they only ***** when the other side does it.

I also said long ago no one will reduce the debt because the public does not care, they want the freebies.

America's motto: Gimme gimme gimme, and make that guy over there pay for it.

Tax expenditures are by far the biggest cause of the debt and yet both parties keep adding more and more tax expenditures. But the Republicans are by far the biggest offenders because that is a hidden expense which the rubes think keeps more money in their pockets.

Tax expenditures are rapidly approaching $2 trillion in ANNUAL expense to the budget.

Banning them would balance the budget instantaneously.

No one EVER talks about cutting back on tax expenditures. In fact, Trump is bragging about having added more.


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