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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,985 posts) Sat Feb 8, 2020, 02:35 PM Feb 2020

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Paul Krugman compares Republicans' stance on deficits under Obama to now.

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Paul Krugman compares Republicans' stance on deficits under Obama to now. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 OP

Deficits enid602 Feb 2020 #1

+1 crickets Feb 2020 #2

To be fair, Krugman has been on both sides, all by himself. hughee99 Feb 2020 #3

enid602

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1. Deficits

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 02:39 PM

Feb 2020

I think the Republicans have discovered that you can defund SS, Medicare and Medicaid with these trillion dollar deficits.

crickets

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2. +1

Reply to enid602 (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 04:05 PM

Feb 2020

hughee99

(16,113 posts)

3. To be fair, Krugman has been on both sides, all by himself.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Feb 8, 2020, 04:53 PM

Feb 2020

He was very concerned about them under Bush, and unconcerned about them under Obama.

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