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This is only an issue when we have a democrat as president: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/gop-debt-ceiling-trump-presidency/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-che

• ur-whale 4y ago
  > This is only an issue when it's a democrat president. You'd think that indeed (dems are indeed, in a long leftist tradition, always ready, willing and eager to spend other people's money). But, very unfortunately, the last few so-called "fiscal conservative" presidents have been anything but: https://www.thebalancemoney.com/us-debt-by-president-by-dollar-and-percent-3306296 https://www.thebalancemoney.com/us-debt-by-president-by-doll...
  • Bukhmanizer 4y ago
    I think that’s what they’re saying.
    • ur-whale 4y ago
      Who's "they"?
      • lostapathy 4y ago
        GP you originally replied to. He’s not saying the debt doesn’t go up regardless of who is the presidency, but that republicans only make it into an exercise in brinksmanship when a democrat has the Oval Office.
      • deleted 4y ago
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  • api 4y ago
    The debt goes up continuously under both parties. It's structural.
    • themitigating 4y ago
      Not at the same amount and only one party complains about it.
    • downWidOutaFite 4y ago
      For the last 40 years the deficit has increased under Republican presidents and decreased under Democrats.
    • imtringued 4y ago
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._economic_performance_under_Democratic_and_Republican_presidents https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._economic_performance_un... I agree. You might read some tea leaves and conclude that democrats or republicans are better from this article. I got the impression that the parties are very similar. There is no party that is the "obvious" choice. The debt goes up either way. My only opinion is that the republican party is behaving far far more childish in public.
      • api 4y ago
        The Republican Party has done a far better job of weaponizing the debt issue. That’s all.
  • badcppdev 4y ago
    This is true in other western democracies if you look at borrowing/expenditure by political flavour.
• s3r3nity 4y ago
  Ad hominem [1] attacks, even if true, don't make the idea itself less credible. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
• sschueller 4y ago
  It's an issue if the dollar looses it's reserve currency status.
  • dr-detroit 4y ago
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  • timbit42 4y ago
    What is going to replace it? There is no feasible alternative.