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underpants

(182,759 posts)
1. You don't hear "Debt as a percentage of GDP" from them anymore
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 01:42 PM
Aug 2020

That was they big thing when Obama was in office. They loved repeating that number over and over. Not anymore.

Wounded Bear

(58,641 posts)
3. One huge problem with the whole debt/deficit discussion...
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 01:46 PM
Aug 2020

is the shifting points of view people use when arguing it.

Like you say, debt/GDP is an important metric that is often ignored, but people always shift to their favorite talking points when the discussion starts.

JHB

(37,158 posts)
5. Not entirely true. Republicans controlled both houses of Congress when...
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 01:56 PM
Aug 2020

...they passed that 2017 Lord Of The Flies-session tax cut.

They bear decided what went into it. All Trump did was sign it and slap his name on it.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
4. We should not let excess capital languish in off-shore banks. Let's go back
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 01:48 PM
Aug 2020

to FDR tax rates. Spend that money on healthcare and infrastructure. Yes, that's the ticket

AC_Mem

(1,979 posts)
7. This debt crisis that is here
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 02:21 PM
Aug 2020

is their fault! They have been spending like fools and reducing to NOTHING the taxes that the 1% pay - wtf did they expect? So once again they "f" everything up and a Democrat has to come in and clean up their mess - all while they whine and scream about how horrible the debt is and how we aren't fixing it fast enough.

Where has their focus on the debt been for the past 3.5 years? Oh Democrats - you MUST call them out on this!!! Have your facts, figures and CHARTS ready for when they start their predictable b.s.!!!!

Our time is NOW

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