a fan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 6:38 pm
Peter Brown wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 6:20 pm
a fan wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:23 pm
Peter Brown wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:06 pm
Each Dem candidate has a major weakness(es). The absolute only way they win is through impeachment.
So you think Dems would have an easier time running against President Pence?
Peter Brown wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 3:06 pmRepublicans learned their lessons;' Dems rarely act in good faith on legislation any longer; the end game is always the same, more government.
When was the last year a Republican President signed off on spending cuts, and a downsizing of government?
Get back to me.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-wor ... overnment/
I'm back to you...Any response?
Shifting spending from one department to another, and adding $3+ Trillion in new spending doesn't come EVEN CLOSE to shrinking the size of government.
But it works on Republican voters, I'll give you that. Try that game at your company, and see how it works.
Cut spending on pilots by $1 million, while increasing spending on your flight attendants by $3 million. Then go ask your boss if spending is up or down.
Another neat trick that works great on Republican voters is to cut military personnel overseas, and then blow ten times as much on "consultants" that do the same job for ten times the money. Then you get to go back to your voters and say "see, we cut Federal staffing". Google "Blackwater", and enjoy the "military spending cuts".
Let's keep this simple:
Federal spending, fiscal 2020
$4.746 Trillion.
Know what spending was for Obama's last fiscal year?
$3.2 Trillion.
You really think that Trump is cutting government? Be honest.
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To cut to the chase, the last Republican President to sign off on lower Federal spending from one year to the next was Eisenhower in 1953. The last Democrat was Obama.
Someone here needs a course in Aristotle, and nuance.
"The more you know, the more you realize you don't know". The only thing I know is aviation, and even then, I'm reminded daily how little I know, even about that! I don't pretend to understand the federal government's fiscal house; I can
guess it's messy (being as charitable as possible).
The point is this: nothing as complicated as US federal spending or the federal debt is so easily reduced to an online post with cherry-picked stats. That common sense observation seemingly doesn't cause much hesitation among some of us to flex our brains and adamantly claim victory on a topic! (chiefly here at FanLax, Democrats and their fellow TDS travelers do this)
If the economy was being so threatened (as a fan's post suggests) by such reckless spending and gargantuan debt with no way out, I suspect we'd all be wearing sandwich boards begging for alms. Interestingly, wealth among Americans
of all stripes has never been higher. Why would that be? How can that be? I know it drives TDS sufferers crazy. Socialist economies over the centuries have eventually cratered when running out of OPM, falling victim to (at first) rapid inflation, followed by brutal crackdowns of civil rights. Are we a socialist system, as a fan claims daily here? Or are we a different stripe, a more rigorous and (so far) free system where the collective wisdom of millions of people making millions of daily decisions help inch our country along to prosperity and happiness, all because of the dreaded capitalism word? a fan says we are socialism inc. Do you agree?
Here we are, at 3.5% unemployment, rising wages, peace around the world....some here think the sky is falling because of this or that statistic. I know if we are a socialist country, we'd be screwed! I am told we have socialism, yet all I do is pay fees and tax for such socialism every day. Where are the freebies!!
Very little in life is so black and white...but alas we meet daily to rehash what we don't know.
https://www.businessinsider.com/nationa ... on-2019-11
The pace at which Trump has added to the national debt isn't as surprising as it might initially seem. A different picture emerges when you look under the hood.