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mac
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 Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:34 pm Post subject: National Debt |
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| Hits $22 trillion. Crickets from the stooges, who were hysterical about it when a black man was President. Any idea why? |
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MalibuGuru
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 1:14 am Post subject: Re: National Debt |
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| mac wrote: | | Hits $22 trillion. Crickets from the stooges, who were hysterical about it when a black man was President. Any idea why? |
Yeah. Because Trump would have to shut the government down for a year to get the Democrats to cut spending. |
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techno900
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mac
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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Techno--my father used to say, there are liars, damned liars, and statisticians. See if you can tell me how your web site has spun the data to minimize the magnitude of the Trump deficits. It took me a minute. Here's a hint, the raw data:
Year Deficit (in billions)
2008 459
2009 1413
2010 1294
2011 1300
2012 1087
2013 679
2014 485
2015 438
2016 585
2017 665
2018 837
2019 984
2020 987
2021 916
https://www.thebalance.com/us-deficit-by-year-3306306
If one accepts the basics of Keynesian economics--which both parties did while Bush was still president and the economy was hemorrhaging jobs--then deficit spending is warranted to prevent market collapse. Even if one doesn't accept Keynesian economics, the trend over Obama's term was down after the initial stimulus. In contrast, Trump and the Republican tax cuts have created a much larger structural deficit. While initially it gave the economy a sugar high, it has translated much more into higher profits and stock buy-backs for corporations and the very rich, and wage stagnation continues.
Spin. |
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nw30
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry but a progressive like yourself, starting a thread on the national debt, has a red glow of hypocrisy surrounding it.
Progressives don't care about the national debt, they care more about the New Green Deal, which has money growing on trees.
You can take your costume off, Halloween was months ago. |
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vientomas
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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| nw30 wrote: | Sorry but a progressive like yourself, starting a thread on the national debt, has a red glow of hypocrisy surrounding it.
Progressives don't care about the national debt, they care more about the New Green Deal, which has money growing on trees.
You can take your costume off, Halloween was months ago. |
More binary thinking disproved:
Today, the Center for American Progress and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities held a forum, “Progressives and the National Debt: Consequences and Solutions.” Panelists included Alan Blinder, Laura Tyson, Roger Altman, Paul Krugman, Robert Reischauer, Senator Mark Warner, David Cutler, and William Gale, among others. Although the event labeled the panels as “progressives,” the discussions reflected notable ideological differences among the speakers.
While deficit reduction is often seen as a centrist or even conservative position, conference panelists highlighted the importance of the issue for progressives. Speakers emphasized that progressives need to recognize the threat the federal debt poses to progressive priorities.
Overall, the majority of panelists agreed that the United States faces a very real and serious fiscal crisis, and if we fail to act to bring down future deficits once the economy recovers, our creditors will force the necessary changes on us. CRFB has argued this exact point many times, and thus called for the adoption of a fiscal consolidation plan. Several panelists even explicitly cited the need for the United States to “pre-commit” to a fiscal reduction program.
https://www.crfb.org/blogs/progressives-and-national-debt |
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boggsman1
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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| so far we have Bard, NW, and Matty on record saying debts and deficits don't matter.... Let me tell you guys something, it will certainly matter in the future... |
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mac
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| Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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| nw30 wrote: | Sorry but a progressive like yourself, starting a thread on the national debt, has a red glow of hypocrisy surrounding it.
Progressives don't care about the national debt, they care more about the New Green Deal, which has money growing on trees.
You can take your costume off, Halloween was months ago. |
The profound ignorance and hypocrisy at work in the narrow minds of “conservatives” is on display. NW is inventing a position for me that is at odds with what I have said. But we already know he doesn’t read for understanding.
At its most basic level, deficit spending increases the cost of borrowing and increases inflationary pressure. No individual or corporation is as good a credit risk as the Federal government—so all have to pay higher interest rates. That is obscured in deflationary times—which the crash of 2008 most certainly was.
Keynesian theory advocates deficit spending during severe market contractions, and paying down the debt when markets are strong. Republicans advocate deficit spending for their campaign contributors—and lying about it.
Virtually every President of the past 50 years has except Clinton has run deficits. Obviously, Congress—both parties—has been complicit in this. The result has been inflation—essentially an invisible tax against future generations. Bard has advocated that, showing that the greediest generation has taken over from the greatest generation.
Congratulations NW. You never cease to amaze me with the crazy shit you make up. |
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techno900
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When liberal Presidents run up the debt, not much is heard. When conservative Presidents run up the debt, it's big news.
Bottom line, probably more for the right that the left - STOP over spending. The crap will hit the wall at some point and it will be a huge issue. Taxes should go up, but spending must go down.
Headlines all over the place: U.S. National Debt Hits Record $22 Trillion.
Shocking - there's a new record every year. The media really needs to get a life. |
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techno900
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When liberal Presidents run up the debt, not much is heard. When conservative Presidents run up the debt, it's big news.
Bottom line, probably more for the right that the left - STOP over spending. The crap will hit the wall at some point and it will be a huge issue. Taxes should go up, but spending must go down.
Headlines all over the place: U.S. National Debt Hits Record $22 Trillion.
Shocking - there's a new record every year. The media really needs to get a life. |
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