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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
(40,807 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
(54,754 posts)3. I agree.
Maeve
(43,346 posts)2. Wait...is he going to take debt out of control or raise taxes?
Pick your slander, Mnuch-kin.
Yeehah
(6,245 posts)4. I'm tired of winning
I.e., I'm tired of seeing republicans turn the USA into a shithole country.
ClimateHawk
(360 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. https://www.usdebtclock.org/current-rates.html
PSPS
(15,263 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
(133,927 posts)7. Thank the Republicans for that
Chainfire
(17,757 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....
