• jimbolauski@lemm.ee
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    6 hours ago

    The budget Deficit has increased under Republicans and decreased under Democrats consistently for decades.

    Trump R -$6.612 trillion

    Obama D -$6.781 trillion

    Bush R -$3.293 trillion

    Clinton D +$63 billion

    Bush R -$1.036 trillion

    Reagan R -$1.412 trillion

    Carter D -$253 billion

    Ford R -$181 billion

    Nixon R -$70 billion

    Johnson D -$36 billion

    Kennedy D -$18 billion

    Eisenhower R -$15 billion

    Truman D -$5 billion

    Roosevelt D -$194 billion

    Hoover R -$5 billion

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      5 hours ago

      Is like to point out that most of Obama’s increase in budget was pushed through under Bush (because budgets are passed the prior year). And he brought it down from that starting point over his two terms. Trump immediately jacked it back up from what he inherited, and Biden decreased it again.

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        4 hours ago

        You can make excuses for every president it’s always the guy before them, but the numbers don’t show a decline in deficit for Democrat presidents.

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          31 minutes ago

          Oh yeah, the party of fiscal responsibility who is now trying to pass a progressive 4,5 billions tax cut for the wealthiest part of society. Who knows when these missing funds for the government will show up in its administrative books???

          You must be so wise in the way of the finances, please (not) teach us master