<<Then Bush started two dumb ass wars, one on the wrong country, Iraq , when it was the Saudi's who were most responsible.>>
No argument there koan, you are on the money.
Trumps time saw an increase in the National debt but it was more of the result of the exponential function nature of the national Debt. Inevitable. I don't think his tax cuts made much difference. He managed to stay "war free" (far as we know) during his term, and he gets full marks... 5 stars... for that.
Just been looking at what William Jennings Byron had to say in 1896.
There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that if you just legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, that their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous their prosperity will find its way up and through every class that rests upon it. [18]
Trickle-down economics - Wikipedia
My comment would be is that government doesn't know much. The economy does. Therefore the job of government is to make sure there is good policy to the benefit of the nation overall, that there are appropriate laws and regulations for the population to commercially compete in, and apply those laws and regulations when needed.
Spending sprees on anything, including "defense" need full public accountability. In fact the whole idea of a "public servant" is we, the private citizens, can see exactly what they are up to and where they are spending our taxes. It is no business of theirs what private citizens do, once it's inside the nations laws. Therefore this whole spying thing on everyone 24/7/365 is totally unacceptable.
Since 1981 there has been "a problem" as I see it, starting with Regan, and no one seems to have attended to it. It looks to have been reduced during the Clinton years, either by accident or by design, and it will be of interest to find out why that happened. |
