re: The national debt will be $100 trillion in less than a decade

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There isn’t a politician in government that takes the debt seriously

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What about cutting taxes for rich folk (revenue) and increasing spending on idiotic wars doesn’t anyone understand?

The debt and spending are concerning, but it won’t come close to $100 million in a decade.

this one hasn't been updated, so by now Lady Liberty is fully imprisoned.

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It’s all funny money it doesn’t even matter

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You joke maybe but this is ultimately true. Nothing will happen essentially. None of this stuff is really a big deal. The federal reserve will simply create more currency. Our money will go down in value but so will everyone else’s.

Anyways it’s fun to talk about but it’s useless to get upset over something you have no control over. You get one lousy vote and that’s it. None of our opinions matter really.

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This could be brought under control

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There would be wailing and grinding of teeth but it needs to happen

While it seems unlikely that you are correct, well because anything coming from you generally is incorrect, you aren’t exactly wrong but it’s why that is correct that matters. After Obama’s Hope & Change that added 10 trillion Trump was able to start getting things up and running in the right directions until they took a virus and released it upon the world to shut things down unlike anything else we ever seen. The actions were so harsh worldwide that not only reversed Trump’s goals but the debt was added greatly. Then we got Biden along with his advisors running the country into the ground probably worse than Wilson,Johnson and Obama combined. Here we are again 1-1/2 years into Trump term and we are still resuscitating the death spiral of Biden’s term. Trump may not get it righted but damn sure better than what would have happened if another democrat had been elected. This may take a decade or more to straighten things out, if even possible, but there is never any doubt that republicans are always in repair mode after democrats failures.

Obama added 8 Trillion in 8 years. Trump added 7.8 Trillion in his first term alone in only 4 years. Biden added 8 Trillion in his 4 years. Obama and Biden collectively added 16 Trillion spread over 12 years. Trump is set to add 17 to 18 Trillion over his two terms. Trump spends more than Obama and at the same rate as Biden. Why? Because deep down Trump is a big spending New York City Democrat. It’s who he is. He is not never has been and never will be a fiscal conservative. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

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This is not wrong, but there was that whole covid thing as well

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Trump went along with it and gleefully green lighted the spending especially all the stimulus money etc. Trump admin spent as much in only four years as Obama admin did in eight.

Blaming Obama for our current 40 Trillion in debt is laughable when Trump is going to double what Obama spent.

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You’re getting downvoted to hell because the debt skyrockets regardless of who is in office

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Politicians are in charge of spending money they did not earn. Why would they care if they spend within budget?

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Politicians are in charge of spending money they did not earn. Why would they care if they spend within budget?

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Because it will lead to economic collapse? There’s one reason.