re: So Democrats care about the deficit now?

2008 the deficit was around 400 billion. Obama's first year 2009 the deficit was almost 1.5 trillion because of Obama's recovery plan that produced no recovery. The deficit has been coming down since then but it has had no where to go but down.

You mean the hypocritical OP that places the blame on democrats when it could just as easily be framed to highlight the fact that the GOP is going to increase the deficit by 3T?

You are part of the problem.

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You gave plenty of talking points that are irrelevant. Slowly and carefully read the OP again, maybe you'll understand the simplicity of my statement.

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You very clearly don’t understand the difference between the debt and the deficit. As a result, the claims of your post are verifiably false (e.g. deficit doubling under Obama).

Your post is simple alright. Simple, ignorant, and wrong.

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You are part of the problem

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By accurately and logically pointing out hypocrisy? From what I know, the GOP tax plan or details haven't been passed or released yet, prompting me not to jump to conclusions. If what is passed increases the deficit, I'll call it out, but a booming economy should pay for the cuts.

Stay ignorant!

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Republicans no longer care about the deficit.

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Republicans solution to the deficit was never increased taxation.

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So after 8 years of doubling the deficit under Obama (with no pushback), Democrats are now all of a sudden fiscal hawks?

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Barack Obama increased the national debt by 68% over that left by George Bush. In comparison Ronald Reagan increased the national debt by 186% over Jimmy Carter. In fact Republicans have historically increased the national debt by a much greater percentage than have democrats. The one exception was Franklin Roosevelt, who increased the national debt by over 1000%. The reason for this doesn't need an explanation.

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Like Democrat policy? I'd like for you to try and point out where Democrats cared about Obama's spending in 8 years. The OP's point is to point out the blatant hypocrisy of pretending to care about the middle class. Sad you don't recognise that, but unfortunately it doesn't surprise me

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During Obama’s eight years as president, part of which the Dems controlled both Houses, most of which they controlled the Senate, they steadily reduced the deficit.

Now, a Republican President, Senate, and House want to take actions that will increase the deficit, completely reversing the trend of deficit reduction that theyve accomplished in the past 8 years, and you say its hypocritical for Dems to oppose that...

I’ve spelled it out for you multiple times now. I originally thought the problem was just that you didn’t understand economics or even simple finances, but it seems reading comprehension may be your more fundamental deficiency. Still, you seem to be able to form nearly complete thoughts at least some of the time, so I’m sure if you spend an hour or so googling words like “deficit”, “debt”, “budget”, “expenses”, “revenue”, and maybe throw “hypocrisy” in there too since you seem to struggle with that one as well, you’ll be able to figure out how the claims of your original post are based on ignorance.

Congratulations, you have an opportunity to improve yourself and your understanding of the world, and with only minor effort! I’m happy for you, friend. Godspeed!

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But that's not going to stop the geniuses on this board from blaming the "other" side

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Most people here blame everybody

What was the cumulative deficit increase for the Obama years?


That's what I thought.