In Shocker, Deficit Explodes Yet Again Under Republican Rule

[workinclasszero]

In Shocker, Deficit Explodes Yet Again Under Republican Rule
KEVIN DRUM FEB. 3, 2018 3:32 PM

The Treasury Department is going to be borrowing a lot of money this quarter:





https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/02/in-shocker-deficit-explodes-yet-again-under-republican-rule/

[chelsea0011]

1. Biggest myth media never attacks is that republicans are good for the economy.

[kentuck]

2. Nobody....Nobody could have predicted that!

Right?

[still_one]

3. Unfortunely that was part of their plan to justify cuts to the social safety net programs, hoping

that the ignorance of the public will not realize that their policies are the cause of this

[workinclasszero]

5. Yup

The same republican scumbags that blew up the deficit will be hysterically screaming for the death of social security/medicaid/medicare/SNAP/SSI etc to pay for their welfare for billionaires and big business tax cut, you can count on that!

[still_one]

7. 2018 is vital to prevent that happening

[dalton99a]

8. Yep, killing the safety net is a bonus

on top of their massive windfall

[kentuck]

4. This has been their strategy with every President since Reagan...

"Starve the beast!"

[Iliyah]

6. And the value of the dollar?

The propaganda coming from the WH, GOPs and their media is saying no problem, we got this.

Yeah right.

[lindysalsagal]

9. because debt is conservative. Riiiiight.

[question everything]

10. No doubt, contributed to the sotck market plunge

but we will never hear the Republicans worry about it. Only when there is a deficit after Obama pumped money to save the economy they are screaming.

[workinclasszero]

11. Yes the republicans love their deficits

Plus they plan to pay for their welfare for billionaires tax cut by destroying medicare/medicaid/ssi/SNAP and social security.