XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, comp.os.linux.advocacy
From: yak@inbox.com

On 8/16/2024 8:51 AM, Mitchell Holman wrote:
> Yak  wrote in news:v9nhh2$1e8ai$4@dont-email.me:
>
>> On 8/15/2024 10:26 PM, Mitchell Holman wrote:
>>> Yak  wrote in news:v9lmjl$128it$1@dont-email.me:
>>>
>>>> On 8/15/2024 2:56 PM, Joel wrote:
>>>>> Yak  wrote:
>>>>>> On 8/13/2024 11:28 PM, Governor Swill wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:29:04 -0400, Yak  wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Then you need to discuss shit way beyond tax cuts. Because those
>>>>>>>> account for the bulk of the overall debt.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you have a problem with debt and blame it on tax cuts,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not blaming tax cuts for the debt. I'm blaming spending (i.e.
>>>>>> the shit way beyond tax cuts).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Blaming tax cuts for the debt is like blaming your credit card debt
>>>>>> on your employer because he doesn't pay you enough.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> why do you keep supporting the
>>>>>>> very party that is making those tax cuts?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Because I kindd of like the idea of keeping the money I earn. I
> need
>>>>>> my money more than the govt needs my money.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The tax cuts under Bush and Trump were the causes of deficit
>>>>> spending.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Let's look at 2023, for example. The govt took in $4.5 trillion in
>>>> revenue, yet spent $6.2 trillion. That nets a $1.7 trillion deficit
>>>> for that year alone (dear Lord!).
>>>>
>>>> Trump's tax cuts were projected to cost $1.6 trillion over 10 years
>>>> ($160 billion per year).
>>>>
>>>> $1.7 trillion - $160 billion = $1.54 trillion deficit.
>>>
>>>
>>>     Clinton eliminated deficit spending.
>>
>> The debt went up under him.
>>
>
>        Deficits and debts are two different
> things. Why are you changing the subject?

You're joking, right?

>
>>>     Bush returned to it, Trump expanded it.
>>
>> As did Obama, Biden, and every president from here on out has, and
> will.
>>
>>>     Which is the party of "fiscal conservatism"?
>>
>> Niether.
>>
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>>> Federal deficit, in trillions:
>>>
>>> 2016.............0,584
>>>
>>> 2017.............0,665
>>>
>>> 2018.............0,779
>>>
>>> 2019.............0,983
>>>
>>> 2020.............3,132
>>>
>>> https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_deficit_chart
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