If the House GOP is getting hysterical about the $31 trillion Federal Debt,

[no_hypocrisy]

let them rescind the Trump Tax Cuts. Let them vote to take Trump's expenditures out of the next Budget.

They can find other ways to "balance the Budget" without touching Social Security, Medicare, and/or Medicaid.

[Emile]

1. So they don't want to pay for the TRUMP DEBT.

[Galraedia]

26. Of course not. Republicans haven't had a balanced budget since Richard Nixon.

[Botany]

2. Eric Swalwell: Let's start calling the debt ceiling exactly what it is: paying Donald Trump's bills

Let’s start calling the debt ceiling exactly what it is: paying Donald Trump’s bills. It’s not allowing for new spending,
it’s paying for much of what Trump and @SpeakerMcCarthy recently spent.

https://mobile.twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/1616201202894573589

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217575431#post1 great graph posted in that thread

[housecat]

21. and stole

[CrispyQ]

3. A Luck classic!

[czarjak]

4. It wasn't tax cuts, it was tax reform. Ask Pauly.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Debt, Not Deficit

The deficit is the yearly shortfall of revenues vs. expenditures.
The debt is the cumulative result of deficits.
The deficit actually went down under Biden, but the debt still went up.
Despite my nitpicking, I agree with you in principle.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Correcting now. Thank you!!

[Trueblue Texan]

31. I don't think that is nitpicking...

A lot of folks confuse the debt and the deficit which makes for chaos during political discussions. Thanks for the clarification.

[EYESORE 9001]

7. I'd like to hear lines like that from Democratic leadership

and then figure out how to deliver that message without help from corporate media.

[wnylib]

11. Deliver it via USPS. Dems in Congress

can get the message out through the flyers that they send to their constituents telling about their achievements. Say what they are doing to right the wrongs.

Individual citizens can do the same. "Here is what your Democratic House Member (or Senator) is doing for you and why it's necessary "

[soldierant]

25. I prefer to get informatin like that

through email ... but yeah, they probably have USPS addresses for all constituents, but not emails.

On the other hand, you can lead a Republican to information, but you can't make them read it (and if you could, they wouldn't believe it anyway.)

[librechik]

8. We need to get 5 Republicans with an IQ on our side.

Really, having an IQ at all is almost as good as being woke in that crowd.

[housecat]

20. Many villains have had pretty good IQ's

[newdayneeded]

28. Actually, most criminals are very smart.

They have an uncanny ability to manipulate people at will.

[housecat]

32. I get your point, and I agree except for the word "most." Professor Moriarty is/was one in a

million.Tfg has an uncanny ability to manipulate millions of people, but he is far from being smart.

[OMGWTF]

10. Traitor Tot is responsible for 25% of the National Debt.

[housecat]

19. Well, acting out Putin's orders anyway. He has zero ability to pull off anything by himself

[paleotn]

12. Money already spent. By their supposed logic of "boot straps"

and "no college loan forgiveness for you! Pay your damn bills!", we've got to pay it off. By their logic that is. Thus...raise taxes. No other way around it. They simply can't cut enough to pay that down. And don't even think about cutting SS. It's a self funded program and NOT part of the 31 trillion.

On Edit.... Remember Iraq and Afghanistan operations the reich was so in love with back in the 2000's? Well, that's a big part of the 31M.

[Grins]

13. And the Bush tax cuts of 2001...

And the Bush tax cuts of 2001...
And the Bush tax cuts of 2003...

Neither of which were wanted or necessary.

[rubbersole]

15. Well hell, don't forget St. Ronnie....

Top marginal tax rate from 70% to 25%...neo-liberal piss-on-your-head economics. And don't forget Ronnie's chief of staff - Don Regan, the CEO of Merrill Lynch. RR - "America is open for business." Open for a Wall Street/1% royal fuckin'.

[housecat]

18. All true. We need another plan

[JHB]

14. There's a very simple message: No Republican is serious about the deficit unless they raise revenue

Any time they talk about cuts, they're trying to steal from you.

[summer_in_TX]

29. Short and punchy.

I like it!

[SheltieLover]

16. Reinstate the wealth tax!

[housecat]

17. They know that even with their tiny brains, but they want chaos and more $$ for themselves.

[packman]

22. Nah, never happen - Too logical and makes too much sense

[modrepub]

23. ID The Deadbeat States

cut their federal allotment to what they are paying in federal taxes.

And if they're worried about SS, then why not calculate the SS tax receipts by state then distribute them to all the recipients in that state?

I mean, it's only fair that you get back what you put in, right?

[StClone]

24. By law Social Security...

Social Security cannot add to long-term deficits because it is prohibited from borrowing. Republicans lie, and change the slant to get what the rich backers desire.

[keithbvadu2]

27. Dick Cheney said deficits don't matter.

Dick Cheney said deficits don't matter.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=cheney+debt+does+not+matter&form=ANNTH1&refig=52b2c04b43184fe88b1cf26ee42afa05&pc=ENTPHB

[Blue Owl]

30. The name TRUMP is synonymous with DEBT

Namely, unpaid debt….