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xav10 said:
I meant deficit. He way increases the deficit. But of course...he’s a Republican. Remember what Dick Cheney said about deficits?
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Hmmm...............
While you tell us about Cheney, what did Millard Fillmore have to say about the deficit?

U.S. Deficit by Year: Compared to GDP, Increase in Debt and Events
The deficit should be compared to the country's ability to pay it back.

That ability is measured by gross domestic product. For example, the deficit in 1945 was only $45 billion. But it was 45 percent of total economic output as the country geared up for World War II. The record-setting 2009 deficit was only t 9.8 percent of GDP. That seems more reasonable when compared to the 1945 deficit. But it's still much higher than the 2-4 percent average.

entire article:
https://www.thebalance.com/us-deficit-by-year-3306306
 
Lion Eyes said:
Hmmm...............
While you tell us about Cheney, what did Millard Fillmore have to say about the deficit?

U.S. Deficit by Year: Compared to GDP, Increase in Debt and Events
The deficit should be compared to the country's ability to pay it back.

That ability is measured by gross domestic product. For example, the deficit in 1945 was only $45 billion. But it was 45 percent of total economic output as the country geared up for World War II. The record-setting 2009 deficit was only t 9.8 percent of GDP. That seems more reasonable when compared to the 1945 deficit. But it's still much higher than the 2-4 percent average.

entire article:
https://www.thebalance.com/us-deficit-by-year-3306306
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I always found this bit interesting, especially when people like Paul Ryan talk about how SS can't sustain itself:

Since 1987, the deficit has been a lot less than the increase in the debt. That's because Congress began borrowing from a surplus in the Social Security Trust Fund. The surplus was created by the baby boomer generation.
 
Hüsker Dü said:
Do you actually know whats going on or like Trump just opt for the simplified version from faux and friends? The ones with bright colored pictures and easy to follow dialogue filled with catch phrases and scary stuff?
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What are you talking about now?
The last presidential election?
I like simple.
 
Hüsker Dü said:
I always found this bit interesting, especially when people like Paul Ryan talk about how SS can't sustain itself:

Since 1987, the deficit has been a lot less than the increase in the debt. That's because Congress began borrowing from a surplus in the Social Security Trust Fund. The surplus was created by the baby boomer generation.
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The Democrats were in charge of Congress when they decided to raid the SS fund...
 
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