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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"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".
empedocles
(15,751 posts)orwell
(7,753 posts)...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)Republicans have proved (again and again) that they dont 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 whats 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.