"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
Truth Detector (07-18-2019)
Not only that, but they are now blaming President Trump for spending liabilities created under Obama, and never utter a single word about reining in those liabilities. Somehow, Obama's spending is Trump's fault. Furthermore, Trump's economic policies, which have the economy humming along nicely, are somehow credited to Obama as well. When I say liberalism is a mental disorder, I am dead serious. There really is no other explanation.
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Truth Detector (07-18-2019)
Yes, and? What does that have to do with the Trump tax cuts? Revenue is up. How much spending today can be attributed to liabilities created under the Obama administration? Why is Trump to blame for that? And what is the Democrat controlled house doing to rollback ANY of those liabilities? Gimme a break Owl.
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Truth Detector (07-18-2019)
Your imagination is distorting your vision. I never put forth a theory of recessions. Anyone who wants it can never find it and neither can you. This is always your argument--suggesting something exists but unwilling to support your claims.
I can predict you 100%.
Truth Detector (07-18-2019)
Truth Detector (07-18-2019)
Since the discussion was about the effects of high federal income tax on the economy I did not list any recessions before the income tax. For evidence of recessions:
https://www.nber.org/cycles.html
All of the Republican deficit hawks seem to have become migratory birds and flown elsewhere until who knows when they will return.
I presume they won't be back until a Democrat is back in power.
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You are not wrong in any way about the excess spending of the Obama administration. But what has Trump or the (previous) Republican Congress done about it? Nothing. The biggest spending items on the federal ledgar are entitlements (S.S., Medicare etc) and the military. Trump ran on not touching entitlements and increasing military spending. We have a booming economy yet still have massive deficits that are only increasing.
It takes two to tango and there's a reason we have a $22 trillion national debt. We as voters may complain about it but we rarely punish those in office for it because we ultimately like it.
I've been a Republican my entire life. One of the reason's when I was young is that they stood for fiscal responsibility. As I've gotten older and seen multiple Republican administrations and Congresses I realize that's not generally the case. What I realize now is they're going to spend a lot, they just happen to spend on issues more important to me than the ones democrats spend on.
If controlling spending was truly an issue I'd argue we'd elect more Libertarians. But most of us give lip service to fiscal discipline but like the (big) government programs we use imo (unfortunately).
PoliTalker (07-16-2019)
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