Quite the opposite. You didn't WANT legit open debate when your team was doing it, OS. THAT is my entire point.
You didn't care. No examination. No discussion. No deficit worries. No worries for the future.
But, hey, if you're ready to go through all the economic damage that Trump did now-----great! Let's go.
(you and I both know you didn't care about what Trump did then, and you sure as *hit don't care now)
Yeah, like the first two years of Trump. I know. I like that you're trying to tell us that this spending is "outside of the regular legislative process".old salt wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 12:05 am What massive permanent spending did (R)'s ram through, outside the regular legislative process, like the (D)'s did with ACA/reconciliation & are now trying to do with BBB ? So long as one party does not hold the WH, House, & 60 Senate seats, spending is bi-partisan.
Quick question, since you're pretending to care about spending bill passing using the "regular spending process": when was the last time Congress fulfilled one of its only Constitutional duties, and passed an annual budget.
I'll wait. Get back to me.
You mean like when I offered Kramerica a steak dinner that he couldn't tell me what was in the three massive spending bills that Trump signed BEFORE Covid, and that didn't include any military spending? Like that?old salt wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 12:05 am If you want to restrain deficit spending, you'd oppose bypassing the normal Congressional process via gimmicks like reconciliation & stuffing so many spending programs into massive omnibus bills that members don't even know what they are voting for, let alone inform the citizens they represent.
But sure, tell me more about how now that you think someone with a D by their name might pass a bill, that you are pretending to care about the deficit or spending.
How about let's start here: comment on how Trump increased Federal spending by well over 60% in just four years.
Go ahead, let your concern over Big Government and the deficit rip, OS.....let's hear the complaints!!
BTW, when do we get the peace dividend from Afghanistan, and start seeing military spending cuts, OS? Our Troops are gone, and you claimed that Trump rebuilt our military with his spending....so when do we start cutting, and by how much? 20%? 30%?