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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (221576)	1/3/2022 12:59:56 PM
From: CentralParkRanger	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 360651

Why of a sudden you become a fiscal hawk? Oh, yeah, Democrat in WH - it's time to worry about deficit. Yes, national infrastructure should be financed by the government, not corporations. Period. I may help you to sleep better and worry less about deficit. Read a popular book on MMT - it may clear your complete ignorance on the matter.

To: i-node who wrote (221576)	1/3/2022 1:08:12 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 360651

"Why would you think blowing 7.5 Billion when the nation is broke and in an inflation mess?" I'm thinking "investing $7.5B", and that we aren't really broke. I'm also thinking that your concern about brokeness is faux, since you didn't object to the deficit-building Trump tax cut. == " 7.5Billion would have allowed us to set up a real electronic voting system that allows people to vote without leaving home." Good idea; take that from the deficit-building defense budget, which you also don't object to. We can even cut the defense budget down to $600B for 10 years, and use that money to fund building back.... Biden signs $768.2 billion defense spending bill into law federalnewsnetwork.com 7 days ago — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law, authorizing $768.2 billion in military .