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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (44551)11/11/2017 9:28:57 AM
From: zzpat  Read Replies (1) of 360032
 
Let's put this into some sort of perspective. We didn't have a debt problem until Reagan cut taxes and exploded the debt. He and Bush promised to balance the budget. They failed miserably. Since this is "their" issue there's nothing you can say that can excuse their failure. Suggesting that Obama was worse than them when Obama never promised to balance the budget is another lie. You lie and you defend liars. I will not let that stand.

Bush last budget, the first one under Obama had a deficit of $1.4 trillion. That was more debt than all the presidents from Washington through the first years of Reagan combined. That was Bush's last budget. The collapsed economy caused the debt to explode as revenue dropped from massive unemployment and the government spent money to stop a global depression. Comparing that period to any other time is simply idiotic to the Nth degree.

Your argument is very weak since a) you don't hold republicans accountable for their broken promises regarding balancing the budget and 2) you blame Democrats for the military spending, wars and tax cuts republican presidents asked for.

So let's do this as simple as possible. When Reagan wanted a $1 trillion increase in military spending he should have asked Congress for one trillion dollars in taxes to pay for it.

Same with Bush's wars. When he spent trillions on wars, he was obligated to raise taxes to pay for them. He and Reagan asked Congress to cut taxes instead. Your failure to address these issues proves you're unqualified to discuss this issue.

Employment next: President Obama created about 3x more jobs than Bush 43 and Bush 41 combined and he did it without a single vote from republicans to help him. Democrats worked with Reagan and Bush. Republican exposed their underbelly and showed us they're unamerican and racists after the economy collapsed.
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