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