XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: yak@inbox.com   
      
   On 8/15/2024 10:26 PM, Mitchell Holman wrote:   
   > Yak  wrote in news:v9lmjl$128it$1@dont-email.me:   
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   >> 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.   
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   >>   
   >> 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.   
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   >    Clinton eliminated deficit spending.   
      
   The debt went up under him.   
      
   >    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:   
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   > 2016.............0,584   
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   > 2017.............0,665   
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   > 2018.............0,779   
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   > 2019.............0,983   
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   > 2020.............3,132   
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   > https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_deficit_chart   
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