US government records $160.3 billion April surplus

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  1. rahl

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    My source is the congressional voting record, lol. It’s in perfectly clear English. Republicans killed EVERY single attempt to regulate fanny and Freddie from 2001-2007. This is proven history. I gave you every bill from 2001-2007, and gave you the votes. You have no leg to stand on, like always.
     
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    Before Trump, years ago, the state of Kansas cut taxes and regulations, thinking that Republican economic ideology would make them the economic powerhouse of the country. They then fell to last place, even below West Virginia, Alabama and Mississippi. Business owners paid less taxes and had to comply with less regulations, but there was no economic growth.

    From a more abstract point of view, it may be that the more money is circulated, the more it is worth, the more value it gives to society. Taxes have the effect of causing money to be circulated whereas tax cuts tend to cause hording.
     
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    He certainly continued to support the GOP policies that was started 9 years ago when they took the House
     
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    Trump has been borrowing a Trillion Dollars a year when we're at Full Employment. What's going to happen when we have a recession ?

    Our Tax structure is insufficient to provide for basic services. Especially our Military expansion over the Last 10 years

    We used to raise taxes to pay for Wars................ now we just put it on the USA Credit Card

    World War II
    war is expensive.
    In 1944, the top rate peaked at 94 percent on taxable income over $200,000

    The 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s
    Over the next three decades, the top federal income tax rate remained high, never dipping below 70 percent.
     
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    You cited a summary probably prepared by Democrats. I cited the actual congressional record of the vote for the bill you mentioned.
     
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    The debt is skyrocketing under Trump.
    The Treasury Department reported Friday that the deficit for the first seven months of the budget year that began Oct. 1 totals $530.9 billion. The Trump administration projected in March that this year’s deficit will hit $1.1 trillion.


    Trump is just lending money in order to be able to pay for lowering taxes.
    A debt that the taxpayer must repay at some point.
    MAGA!
     
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    So you must think that Trump exploding the deficit is a bad thing?
     
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    Nope. The democrat policies which were enacted in 2008 and 2009 are what has led to the economic recovery.
     
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    Nope. You were given the actual congressional voting record. It is perfectly clear. Republicans killed EVERY single bill from 2001-2007 attempting to regulate fanny and Freddie.
     
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    Look, I tried to reach for common ground. At this point it's just trolling.
     
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    No that gave us 10 percent unemployment t
     
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    In general the USA has had very, very bad government for at least the last sixty years.

    If we can just get citizens working and paying taxes to the treasury instead of sucking the treasury teat dry that can be reversed.
     
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    All the manufacturing jobs that Dirty Donald wants to bring back from China,Asia and Mexico were all voluntarily taken abroad by U.S.CAPITALISM AND THEIR GREED!!!It was the corporate capitalist greed for the almighty dollar and higher CEO and executive pay that drove those jobs and skilled trades overseas.
     
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    Then stop trolling. You were thoroughly disproven, with the official congressional voting record from 2001-2007. You have absolutely no leg to stand on.
     
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    Proven falsehood
     
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    Just the actual videos of republicans calling for reform and democrats saying everything was fine plus Bill Clinton saying GOP was right and democrats didn't listen.
     
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    Which was thoroughly disproven, with the actual congressional voting record that I gave you from 2001-2007. You have been thoroughly disproven. Lol
     
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    No it’s bit been proven fals? When did
    We get 10 percent??
     
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    You disproved a video?
     
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    Of course. But that's carrying your hypothesis to its logical conclusion.

    To say that the economy under Trump is the same as tt was under the Obama Administration iis just nonsense. Can you point to one economic Obama program which helped the economy?
     
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    What caused that recession? Any ideas?
     
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    Here ya go.
     
  23. truth and justice

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    Are there 4 times as many tax payers now compared to before the tax cut?
     
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    I take it from your posts that you think deficits are bad. Surpluses are good.

    So are you also criticising Trump as being part of the "very, very bad" problem? Because under his watch the deficit has exploded.
     
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    Maybe not quite that many
     

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