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apnu

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3. The Republicans have been using Reagan's playbook from the 1980s, its all they know
Thu May 31, 2018, 11:58 AM
May 2018

Reagan (and HW Bush) blew up the debt, Clinton paid it down. W came in an blew up the debt way more than Poppy and Ronnie, Obama made a great dent in it. Trump's blowing up the debt way more than W. A Dem will wind up fixing it. Whatever nutbag the Republicans find to follow Trump (Bachman? Palin? I think some bat-shit insane lady is who they'll try next) will do more of the same.

This is all according to plan. The Republican plan has been, since FDR kicked their teeth in, has been to return America to the roaring 20s, economically that is. No regulation at all, just a wild west shootout of economics.

The plan, for those that don't know already, is to bankrupt the Federal Government. When the Feds can't pay the bills, they'll have to sell all its assets to private enterprise, except the debt of course. The debt stays on the backs of the poor sad-sacks who weren't born into wealth, which is 90% of the American population.

They have known for generations they can't get the American people to vote for this economic voodoo because even the most dense Trumper sees through that lie. What they can do is cripple the Federal Government financially and force its hand that way. It goes right around that troublesome thing, democracy.

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Yepper, spot on turbinetree May 2018 #6
Guessing we'll watch Trump try printing more money. Hortensis May 2018 #2
Funny irony is, of course, 'printing money' is a term of derision in Republican Land apnu May 2018 #5
Yup. Good post. Forgot "drown government in a bathtub." Hortensis May 2018 #9
The Republicans have been using Reagan's playbook from the 1980s, its all they know apnu May 2018 #3
A small but significant point VMA131Marine May 2018 #4
First move: rescind the tax cut, and increase taxes on the wealthiest. Second move: legislate Squinch May 2018 #7
Yup, makes sense... mitch96 May 2018 #10
Can't "replace" SCOTUS judges. apnu May 2018 #12
Yes dear, I know that (of course), but I suspect that some of them are hanging on by their Squinch May 2018 #20
Yes, I am sure RBG is waiting for a Dem to give up her seat. apnu May 2018 #21
I think avoiding pomposity is important. And lack of clarity for people who I am not speaking to Squinch May 2018 #22
More incentive for the next Democratic president to workinclasszero May 2018 #8
If we survive this presidency that is. Initech May 2018 #11
Good point workinclasszero May 2018 #15
And then we need to kick Trump in the ass hard. Initech May 2018 #16
My dream is a democratic House and Senate workinclasszero May 2018 #19
This is somewhat a misleading article. Calista241 May 2018 #13
The economic impact, duforsure May 2018 #14
"And its set to go off on the Democrat watch" NCTraveler May 2018 #17
Don't forget rollbacks on Dodd-Frank and the "Volker Rule"! Ernesto May 2018 #18
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