McConnell Blames Entitlements, Not GOP, for Rising Deficits

[constitutionman]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ames-entitlements-not-gop-for-rising-deficits

Conservative playbook:

1. Cut taxes to benefit the rich and feed the base with red meat.
2. Use the subsequent deficits and rising debt as an excuse to cut services such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
3. Repeat.

 

[Cuddles]

f**k that POS turtle

US Deficit Grew 17% To $779B (3.9% of GDP)

The last time unemployment was close to now the deficits were the following:
2000, unemployment of 4.0%, surplus of 2.3% of GDP.
1969, unemployment 3.7%, surplus of 0.3% of GDP.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/us/politics/federal-deficit-2018-trump-tax-cuts.html

 

[Clubber Lang]

Liberal playbook-

1- Tax the shit out of hard workers and give it to the lazy and unproductive in return for votes.
2- Protest and riot over every little thing that you disagree with.
3- Be a hypocrite about EVERYTHING
4- Repeat