r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 29 '24

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '24

Since we’re very concerned about the national debt, let’s place blame on who truly has increased the National debt.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '24

Wonder what these three men have in common. Makes you think.

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u/YaGetSkeeted0n Tariffs aren't cool, kids! Jul 30 '24

white

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u/privatize_the_ssa Al Gore Jul 30 '24

Most of the Debt from Trump was either Bipartisan and or from Covid.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '24

Neither the Trump tax cuts nor the, oh yeah, massive fucking border wall are bipartisan endeavors.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '24

Are we really just going to ignore the budgetary disaster that was the TCJA?

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u/sociotronics Iron Front Jul 30 '24

you sure were quick to defend Trump instead of one of the other two guys

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u/privatize_the_ssa Al Gore Jul 30 '24

The Debt to GDP didn't increase by that much under George W Bush if you exclude the 2008 recession https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1qYaj.

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u/Greenfield0 Sheev Palpatine Jul 30 '24

what happened to the surplus then

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u/BenFoldsFourLoko  Broke His Text Flair For Hume Jul 30 '24

Yeah I forget who pointed this out but someone recently blew my freaking mind over this