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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Sun Feb 7, 2021, 03:52 PM Feb 2021

"Reagan proved deficits don't matter."-----Dick Cheney

I post this as a service to GOP lurkers in case they didn't notice all the "concerned" Republicans in Congress winking at them when they waxed histrionic about "the DEFICIT!" when objecting to President Biden's 1.9 trillion dollar "rescue bill".

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"Reagan proved deficits don't matter."-----Dick Cheney (Original Post) Atticus Feb 2021 OP
reagan and nixon proved a lot of things about . . . republicons empedocles Feb 2021 #1
They actually don't matter... orwell Feb 2021 #2
No, I think you're missing the key clause: robbob Feb 2021 #3
Nailed it. nt crickets Feb 2021 #4

orwell

(7,753 posts)
2. They actually don't matter...
Sun Feb 7, 2021, 06:01 PM
Feb 2021

...at the Federal level.

They do matter at the state and local level.

The sooner we understand this the better off we will be as a country.

robbob

(3,514 posts)
3. No, I think you're missing the key clause:
Sun Feb 7, 2021, 06:12 PM
Feb 2021

Republicans have proved (again and again) that they don’t care about deficits when a Republican is president. As soon as a Democratic President is sworn in deficits suddenly become the biggest problem facing America.

The real issue behind their hypocritical attitude is what’s driving the deficits. If the deficits are being caused by huge tax cuts for the mega-wealthy, bloated defence budget spending and handouts to their doners companies they are fine with it. But if Democrats want to widen the social safety net, fund education or provide Medicare for all then suddenly deficits become a huge issue.

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