In the coming weeks, it’s expected that both parties will vote to spend hundreds of billions of dollars more over the next two years, increasing spending by the largest amount since President Obama’s first term. These spending levels are unsustainable.
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The success of this Congress in “building a safe, strong, and proud America” will depend not on how “well” Republicans and Democrats choose to overspend, but on whether they can resist the urge to do so.
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passing a tax bill that adds 1 trillion dollars to the debt wasn't smart, was it
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Um...It was. The federal govt doesn't have a revenue problem (it collected a record amount of taxes last month), it has a spending problem. You do know it's possible to be for less taxes and less spending, right?
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Um…you know those cuts were included in the CBO estimate and it still came out to $1.6T of additional debt, right?
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You could tax the top 1% at 100% of their income, and it still wouldn't be enough to cover the debt. Spending is the problem.
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...and the budget doesn’t reduce spending enough to offset the tax cuts. so it was a shitty budget that adds to the deficit.
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That's the whole point of Amash's post! Cut spending! Glad you agree with him.
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so he voted to cut taxes and increase the deficit despite knowing that the incoming spending cuts weren’t going to balance, and how he’s a hero for saying the budget doesn’t balance. FFS
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Again, you do know its possible to be for tax AND spending cuts right? Amash favors both. If it really bothers you, nothing's stopping you from paying more tax so Trump & his cronies can go on bombing civilians, spying on citizens & continuing the failed war on drugs
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Hmmm, too bad the GOP raided the treasury to give tax cuts to corporations and top wage earners.
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....before the Obama stimulus to save the us from the Bush Depression.
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yes. government spending is what “saved” us. just like fdr.
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Disappointing you appear to put the blame on Obama for deficit when you know much better. He inherited 2 wars, worst recession since the Great Depression & an accelerating fight against Isis. End the eternal wars; scale back military; don’t give our Treasury to the rich!
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Do you remember what happened before the Obama stimulus? The Bush economic meltdown.
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How about some cuts to the LARGEST Military spending budget on the planet?
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Republicans are to blame for this, and yet you remarkably fail to mention the word "Republican" once in your 400 word diatribe. Impressive!
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Add in a tax cut for the wealthy and corporations... yeah suuuuuuuuuuuure that’s gonna balance out.
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