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Originally Posted by thaskalos
It seems that the debt is only a pressing concern when a Democrat is in the White House. That's also when the president's "vacation time" is kept in close check. But when a Republican resides in the White House...who cares about such trivial matters as the debt...or how often our president plays golf? We have more important matters to talk about then.
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When the tax cut was passed my major gripe was:
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Originally Posted by elysiantraveller
No one on here who has ever complained about the national debt should be in favor of this tax bill.
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Originally Posted by elysiantraveller
Nah corporate tax rate will stay low. They are the largest campaign donors. Don't get me wrong I'm all in favor of lowering the corporate tax rate. I'm not in favor of a cut and spend government.
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Originally Posted by elysiantraveller
That's before increased military spending, Trumps infrastructure spending, and of course... THE WALL.
The guy[Trump] hasn't spent any money... yet... this will grow the debt rapidly.
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Those are all from the Tax Reform thread last year... a lot them should go back and revisit how great their opinions were.
We didn't just increase spending this year we
smashed both the White House and CBO's estimates on what the deficit would be. The increased revenue from growth is an absolute joke... receipts are worse than expected.
Chalk up another for Mr. Never-Right. Its funny to look at this thread and the usual suspects on it...
Or should I say...
SAD!