tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post6893134467458708173..comments2024-03-28T03:00:07.229-04:00Comments on Rational Nation USA: As Trump and HIS Party Grow the National Debt and Embrace Deficit Spending On Steriods...Les Carpenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-7817247487188612652018-08-31T20:47:19.980-04:002018-08-31T20:47:19.980-04:00You are absolutely correct, Dervish.
The 1% live...You are absolutely correct, Dervish.<br /><br />The 1% live in their own world. They are only interested in diverting as much money as possible from the average American (who ultimately end up responsible for the debt) to their own pockets. They live in the world, and have no country. They take, not give. They donate, and reap great rewards. They are a sickness that kills others so that they can live better than others. <br />Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-32132979334651892792018-08-31T11:15:30.206-04:002018-08-31T11:15:30.206-04:00The GOP way (since Reagan) is to steal as much fro...The GOP way (since Reagan) is to steal as much from the US Treasury as possible when they get in then scream about the debt and blame Democrats when the take charge. And always try to cut programs that benefit middle and lower class people. And blame these programs instead of their own fiscal irresponsibility (huge amounts of money thrown at the military, tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, corporate welfare, etc).<br /><br />Some conservatives say it's a strategy. They call it "starve the beast". But I think it's pretty clear that the main objective is theft. If you live in and benefit from the US economy, you need to pay in to keep it going. AND beneficial for ALL. Redistribution is NOT a dirty word. It is a necessity to prevent all the wealth from flowing to the top. We need more of it because, yes, trickle down is a fraud.Dervish Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671865801885224353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-54791206613095977882018-08-21T20:22:00.826-04:002018-08-21T20:22:00.826-04:00Nope Dave, you haven't missed anything. Americ...Nope Dave, you haven't missed anything. America is likely reaching the point of no return. No matter how you look at our fiscal practices (house).<br /><br />Since the "80's" America has headed in the direction that has brought us to this point. tRump is simply putting the pedal to the metal.<br /><br />The ultimate price this nation and her people will pay will be heavy. Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-23773547155255858922018-08-21T13:24:59.167-04:002018-08-21T13:24:59.167-04:00Les... I think a better number to look at, as oppo...Les... I think a better number to look at, as opposed to amounts, at least in regards to debt is the percentage of debt as it relates to GDP.<br /><br />Looking at it that way, the US went over 100% during the Obama Admin and has stayed there since.<br /><br />We are a family who every year is spending more than we bring in with no plan to fix it.<br /><br />Can we decrease our spending to right the ship? Perhaps to some degree, but like a family, at some point, because of fixed expenses, we're going to have to raise additional revenue if we want to pay off the loans.<br /><br />In a family, that means a second job. For the US, that means more taxes because as many have pointed out, simply cutting taxes has never produced the additional revenue to pay off our loans.<br /><br />Am I missing something here?Dave Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16777087329254991970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-46082334600499947822018-08-11T06:30:14.156-04:002018-08-11T06:30:14.156-04:00Not only is the 50% approval rating claim for Trum...Not only is the 50% approval rating claim for Trump fake, the (falsely) claimed difference between the Trump approval rating and that of Obama is so miniscule as to be a mere rounding error. These idiots are claiming some sort of incredible Trump victory of popularity over his predecessor when it's really statistically little different.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-7666265030046250172018-08-10T14:15:54.475-04:002018-08-10T14:15:54.475-04:00Made up data + suckers who believe it - FakeNews. ...Made up data + suckers who believe it - <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/08/10/trumps-approval-hits-50-percent-in-a-doctored-poll-graphic-shared-by-his-son/?utm_term=.a92077abd585" rel="nofollow">FakeNews</a>. Chew On That, 'Chew On This'.<br />BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-18409887407189856882018-08-09T23:30:23.901-04:002018-08-09T23:30:23.901-04:00Yes. The fact it's a fake number makes it funn...Yes. The fact it's a fake number makes it funny.<br /><br />Check Nine Thirty-Eight for the REAL scoop.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-4647792823239612432018-08-09T18:02:09.982-04:002018-08-09T18:02:09.982-04:00Are you looking forward to reading this?
PRESIDENT...Are you looking forward to reading this?<br /><b>PRESIDENT TRUMP'S APPROVAL RATING IS NOW AT 50%...<br /><br />5 POINTS HIGHER THAN OBAMA AT POINT IN PRESIDENCY...</b>Chew On Thishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733042737487703285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-18877768933830465262018-08-07T15:52:36.345-04:002018-08-07T15:52:36.345-04:00LOL! You may be right BB Idaho. Those 30% - 40%...LOL! You may be right BB Idaho. Those 30% - 40%'ers will be in his camp as long as he keeps being tRump.<br /><br />Sad but likely true.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-60248307290192457132018-08-07T15:47:49.558-04:002018-08-07T15:47:49.558-04:00Simple math advises us that the dept will not be r...Simple math advises us that the dept will not be reduced or eliminated by tRump. You are right Jerry. In fact our national debt and annual deficits will continue to grow, hopefully not exponentially, but they might.<br /><br />I wouldn't call the legitimately uneducated supporters that voted for tRump stupid, however, when it comes to the willfully uneducated supporters (and there are obviously many) I do.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-39759794538181729402018-08-07T13:03:46.764-04:002018-08-07T13:03:46.764-04:00Trump's largest tax cut in history is the same...Trump's largest tax cut in history is the same old cut tax mantra Republicans have been spewing for decades and did earlier in the 20th century before the Great Depression. Nothing new here! <br /><br />It's a shame Americans keep swallowing this false financial garbage. Reagan's political hero was Coolidge, it's no surprise Reagan brought that false financial theory back into politics in the 1980's. <br /><br />I don't see Trump, or his supporters as some kind of new cult of financial idiots, just the same kind of financial idiots the Republicans have been creating for over a century. <br /><br />If we give Reagan any political brains at all, he knew he would not get spending cuts out of a Democratic majority Congress and he didn't care. He thought as Republicans still believe today, that added growth from tax cuts would more than make up the difference. A theory now proven wrong again and again and causing huge harm to America. <br /><br />It will take excessive tax rate hikes to balance the books, or maybe Baby Boomers should have a high death tax to pay for what they refused to pay for over the last 40 years (their earning years). It's the Baby Boomers who have voted for Reagan, Bush, Bush, and Trump. Why? <br /><br />Could the Boomers be showing their selfish traits from being a spoiled rotten generation? Boomers seem to have no remorse leaving this financial mess to future Americans. <br /><br />The 2007-2008 financial crash would have been much worse if not for Democratic supported banking regulations, which the Republicans are destroying now with current legislation, which some idiot Democrats are supporting. The last banking bill passed with Democratic votes. Have any of you read that new law? I suggest you do. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-77695506427606630742018-08-06T22:11:48.592-04:002018-08-06T22:11:48.592-04:00Trump’s cultists have a shorter memory than he doe...Trump’s cultists have a shorter memory than he does. They only listen to what he says today and forget what he said yesterday. <br /><br />He will not eliminate the national debt without first balancing the budget thus getting rid of the deficit. Then he must run a surplus averaging over $3 trillion dollars per year starting now, something that is absolutely impossible to do.<br /><br />Trump is a fraud and a charlatan, and his supporters are too stupid to know it. They are worse than he is. Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-32430122479130539452018-08-06T21:52:20.377-04:002018-08-06T21:52:20.377-04:00Trumps minions: unshakeable, neither deceit nor ar...Trumps minions: unshakeable, neither deceit nor arrogance bother them and as<br />he boasts, he could shoot someone in times square, cause a world recession or execute migrants and his core would still be there. Was pondering what might shake them loose and so far all I came up with was for the president to announce he was unfit, was stepping down and was appointing Hillary Clinton. Ya think?BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-80113710178698182972018-08-06T19:01:33.830-04:002018-08-06T19:01:33.830-04:00They won't Shaw. Too many are simply steeple. ...They won't Shaw. Too many are simply steeple. Low information folks that believe whatever president Con tells them.9Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-49755645710393077212018-08-06T12:30:46.783-04:002018-08-06T12:30:46.783-04:00#45 promised to wipe out the national debt in 8 ye...#45 promised to wipe out the national debt in 8 years; under Trump's watch, national debt tops $21 trillion for first time ever.<br /><br />When are his cultists going to wake up to #45's deceit and lies?Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-82077573881940031562018-08-04T21:59:12.474-04:002018-08-04T21:59:12.474-04:00Excellent points all. I'm not in favor of exce...Excellent points all. I'm not in favor of excessively high taxes but consistently cutting taxes and increasing spending eventually sinks the ship. Which is eventually what history will paint the republican party and conservatives as having accomplished. IMO.<br /><br /><br />Thanks for coming in Brad. Stop in anytime.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-13240929447918913312018-08-04T21:53:22.240-04:002018-08-04T21:53:22.240-04:00Sad isn't it BB Idaho? When such a significant...Sad isn't it BB Idaho? When such a significant segment of our population willfully accepts that down is up, that lies are truth, that observable events didn't really happen as they did, that tyranny is liberty, and that evil is good we know we're screwed. And that my friend is how trump would have it. Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-80848745119381121042018-08-04T21:43:45.779-04:002018-08-04T21:43:45.779-04:00We know that Jerry, but, to the Trumpanzees and th...We know that Jerry, but, to the Trumpanzees and the deficit hawks in the republican party Trump is a really economic wizard. <br /><br /><br />Actually, labels and terms don't mean a thing anymore. Apparently.Les Carpenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120280762698472496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-70373203937753423602018-08-04T12:33:04.186-04:002018-08-04T12:33:04.186-04:00The first multi-trillion dollar debt was recorded ...The first multi-trillion dollar debt was recorded by the Reagan administration after they cut taxes, but not spending. David Stockman once quipped, "The nation runs better on a deficit." The Republican fiscal policies have been the same ever since. Cut taxes, but not spending. The obvious and simple result of that thinking, is huge debt. The scare tactic used by Republicans is that higher taxes kill growth. That was proven wrong in the 1950's and 1960's when growth was the highest ever, yet, our tax level was the highest ever. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-45343176104232841952018-08-04T11:35:03.592-04:002018-08-04T11:35:03.592-04:00There is a subset of our species which will go to ...There is a subset of our species which will go to their graves believing that TrickleDown works, climate change is fake science, Hannity graduated from journalism college, a former Secretary of State and Senator should be<br />'locked up', evolution is a Satanist plot, and predicting "Trump will become the greatest president since George Washington". By some fickle flick of fate, they are in charge. I cannot find such a situation in history, other than those loyalists who followed Herr Hitler and his thousand year...... BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549971354391868786.post-91306359530172041302018-08-04T11:20:29.199-04:002018-08-04T11:20:29.199-04:00How anyone could look at Trump’s business history ...How anyone could look at Trump’s business history and think he would be a fiscal conservative as president is beyond me.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com