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Do not Raise The Debt Ceiling
http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?postid=240654We need to cut trillions not billions and unless we do we should not raise the debt ceiling! Obama is spending 4 trillion dollars a year even though historically revenues don't exceed more than 20% of GDP which for now is less than 3 trillion. That means we...
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Debt? Whose to blame? What to do, What to do?
From Riches to Rags: Causes of Fiscal Deterioration Since 2001 by Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (Jan 10, 2024) says;https://www.crfb.org/papers/riches-rags … ation-2001 [Who in the hell are those people. There about page is at the next link.]https://www.crfb.org/staff-members“In...
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GOP's Dangerous Debt Ceiling Charade
From that bastion of lamestream liberalism, TIME. Mr. Klein puts it so darned well I couldn't resist posting the whole article. It's not very long. Enjoy!Oh, and as we all know, there WAS no vote today (Thursday). ViewpointRepublicans’ Debt Ceiling Charade Is Downright DangerousBy Joe Klein...
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Who do we owe? Deficit question...
Alright, so I have a question & I would appreciate not being attacked. With the debates and election coming up, as usual, one of the big topics is the national deficit.My question is this: Who do we owe that much money to?It keeps going up, why? Where is all of this borrowed money...
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The National Debt is climbing...
Let me be consistent and bring up the topic of our debt, which was doubled under Obama’s 7 years to $20 trillion and now under the first year of the Trump administration is rising to $20.5 trillion. It is Congress’s mandate to control spending. Let’s hope they have some backbone and say no to...
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One Big Beautiful Bill or a Ball of BS?
On Tuesday, Trump lauded a House budget blueprint that may enable Congress to pass much of his legislative agenda in what he called “ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.” That budget, which passed a committee vote and could hit the House floor as soon as next week, lays out targets for legislation that would...