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And a lot of bridges fell into disrepair, roads get worse, etc. Gridlock has made funding anything pretty hard in the last decade, and certain parties are so an

And a lot of bridges fell into disrepair, roads get worse, etc. Gridlock has made funding anything pretty hard in the last decade, and certain parties are so anti spending they won't try to fix it

spencerflem 1y ago
Lol anti spending but they're about to pass a bill adding 2 trillion to the deficit
- kubb 1y ago
  Isn’t that just to cut taxes for the rich?
  - amanaplanacanal 1y ago
    Yep. The only real cuts I see are cutting medical care for the poorest of the poor.
caycep 1y ago
and when Biden/Obama admins did actually fix a bunch of infrastructure, half the voting public didn't give a shit
Hikikomori 1y ago
Anti spending? The deficit has increased under every republican president almost back to ww2. Their two Santa strategy seems to work well confusing people though.
- nemomarx 1y ago
  Yeah but mostly tax cuts and MIC contributions, they're not paying for local development or education or so on
- westurner 1y ago
  /? https://www.google.com/search?q=The+deficit+has+increased+under+every+republican+president+almost+back+to+ww2 https://www.google.com/search?q=The+deficit+has+increased+un... : - History of the United States public debt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_public_debt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_p... - https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/29/tweets/republican-presidents-democrats-contribute-deficit/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/29/tweets/rep... (2019) : > The deficit is the difference between the money that the government makes and the money it spends. If the government spends more than it collects in revenues, then it’s running a deficit. > The federal debt is the running total of the accumulated deficits. [Or surpluses] "Federal Surplus or Deficit [-] (FYFSD)" https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFSD# https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFSD# "Federal Surplus or Deficit [-] as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYFSGDA188S)" https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFSGDA188S https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFSGDA188S
pstuart 1y ago
> and certain parties are so anti spending they won't try to fix it It's one certain party, and the situation is worse than that -- they don't want any of the opposing party's legislation succeed that would be recognized by the people as a good thing and make that party look good. This is why partisan politics is a pox on the people -- loyalty to party over country is literally treason but is celebrated by party members.

And a lot of bridges fell into disrepair, roads get worse, etc. Gridlock has made funding anything pretty hard in the last decade, and certain parties are so anti spending they won't try to fix it

spencerflem 1y ago

Lol anti spending but they're about to pass a bill adding 2 trillion to the deficit

kubb 1y ago
Isn’t that just to cut taxes for the rich?
- amanaplanacanal 1y ago
  Yep. The only real cuts I see are cutting medical care for the poorest of the poor.

caycep 1y ago

and when Biden/Obama admins did actually fix a bunch of infrastructure, half the voting public didn't give a shit

Hikikomori 1y ago

Anti spending? The deficit has increased under every republican president almost back to ww2. Their two Santa strategy seems to work well confusing people though.

nemomarx 1y ago
Yeah but mostly tax cuts and MIC contributions, they're not paying for local development or education or so on
westurner 1y ago
/? https://www.google.com/search?q=The+deficit+has+increased+under+every+republican+president+almost+back+to+ww2 https://www.google.com/search?q=The+deficit+has+increased+un... : - History of the United States public debt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_public_debt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_p... - https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/29/tweets/republican-presidents-democrats-contribute-deficit/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/jul/29/tweets/rep... (2019) : > The deficit is the difference between the money that the government makes and the money it spends. If the government spends more than it collects in revenues, then it’s running a deficit. > The federal debt is the running total of the accumulated deficits. [Or surpluses] "Federal Surplus or Deficit [-] (FYFSD)" https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFSD# https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFSD# "Federal Surplus or Deficit [-] as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYFSGDA188S)" https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFSGDA188S https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYFSGDA188S

pstuart 1y ago

> and certain parties are so anti spending they won't try to fix it It's one certain party, and the situation is worse than that -- they don't want any of the opposing party's legislation succeed that would be recognized by the people as a good thing and make that party look good. This is why partisan politics is a pox on the people -- loyalty to party over country is literally treason but is celebrated by party members.