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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"The CBO says the national debt will reach about the size of the US economy by the end of the year."
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"The CBO says the national debt will reach about the size of the US economy by the end of the year." (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2020
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CrispyQ
(36,451 posts)1. Republicans are only fiscal conservatives when Democrats are in power.
Why we don't have huge ad campaigns debunking the fiscal conservative myth is beyond me.
Nevilledog
(51,064 posts)3. I agree.
Maeve
(42,279 posts)2. Wait...is he going to take debt out of control or raise taxes?
Pick your slander, Mnuch-kin.
Yeehah
(4,578 posts)4. I'm tired of winning
I.e., I'm tired of seeing republicans turn the USA into a shithole country.
ClimateHawk
(211 posts)5. The national debt clock
says the debt will be around $45 trillion in just 4 years if it keeps going up at current rates. [link:https://www.usdebtclock.org/current-rates.html|
PSPS
(13,590 posts)6. Gee, I guess it's time to shovel more of the treasury to GOP donors! That'll fix it!!1111!!
If we started taxing the parasite class, this wouldn't be a problem.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,884 posts)7. Thank the Republicans for that
Chainfire
(17,527 posts)8. I guess that means the country is a year behind on all of its bills
Better look out for the repo man. Maybe we can make a payday loan....