Tax cut dont increase revenue

buget surplus.

The deficit was kept from growing at a higer rate than it would have by the bill.
There is no surplus when you borrow money to pay interest on a debt. This is not a surplus by any stretch of the imagination.
 
Clinton was a better fiscal president than all the current Rs guy and that is just fact.
Agree. Thankfully the Rs in Congress also acted like Rs instead of blindly following somebody because of party affiliation.

I will gleefully admit that the irresponsible action of those in Congress on the R side has hurt the party.
 
There is no surplus when you borrow money to pay interest on a debt. This is not a surplus by any stretch of the imagination.


Damo - Then why were the R's trying to use the "surplus" as a reason to (surprise, surprise) cut taxes? It's their response to everything. Government surplus, cut taxes. Government deficits, cut taxes.

Clearly, one party is more responsible from a balanced-budget standpoint and it's not the Republicans.
 
The last year in office, Clinton had lowed the growth to .32%, but that is still growth of the debt. The reality is we have never paid any principle on our loans since 1962, that is 45 years.
 
Damo - Then why were the R's trying to use the "surplus" as a reason to (surprise, surprise) cut taxes? It's their response to everything. Government surplus, cut taxes. Government deficits, cut taxes.

Clearly, one party is more responsible from a balanced-budget standpoint and it's not the Republicans.
Because they too have been part of this irresponsible government that I have been telling you about over two threads for pretty much this entire day.

The projected surplus was not a realized surplus.

And I stated that they began blindly following an idiot because of party, but I see you neglected to read my post and started pretending I was somehow protecting them from my ire. It seems to be the regular practice to build that particular strawman and argue with it rather than deal with the fact that the government over the past 45 years has done nothing but increase our debt.
 
Damo - Then why were the R's trying to use the "surplus" as a reason to (surprise, surprise) cut taxes? It's their response to everything. Government surplus, cut taxes. Government deficits, cut taxes.

Clearly, one party is more responsible from a balanced-budget standpoint and it's not the Republicans.

One party is more responsible? That's like one guy has a girl who's a two and another has a girl who's a one and the guy with the two is bragging that he has the hotter chick.
 
Damo - Then why were the R's trying to use the "surplus" as a reason to (surprise, surprise) cut taxes? It's their response to everything. Government surplus, cut taxes. Government deficits, cut taxes.

Clearly, one party is more responsible from a balanced-budget standpoint and it's not the Republicans.

Because they were every bit the hacks that the Dems were. Both parties projected "surplusses" as an excuse to fund their pet projects.

As for the balanced budget .... the bb agreement was originally signed in 1990 with a Rep Pres and Dem Congress, then again in 1993 with Dems in complete control, then again in 1997 with a Rep Congress and Dem Pres. To say one party is more responsible than the other is a joke. Neither has been responsible. 1960 was the last year our nations debt was lowered year over year. Both parties suck.
 
This is old and very tired. Tell me desh... how did the national debt increase every fiscal year if it was actually paid down???

Because it would have been Much higher if he had not done something to march towards fiscal responsibilty.

Why did you vote for people who fucked it up?
 
Because it would have been Much higher if he had not done something to march towards fiscal responsibilty.

Why did you vote for people who fucked it up?

You just posted an article that stated he paid down the debt, yet he did not. Your explanation is to state that the national debt would have been higher otherwise? As usual, you make little sense.

Why did you vote for people that screwed it up?
 
good god man quit being an idiot.

Desh, thus far on this thread, every time I ask for YOU to explain YOUR position, you post an article or a link or a quote. Not once have you formulated your own thoughts, yet you continue to act as though you know what you are talking about.

As I stated, there is no shame for you to admit you know nothing about economics. We all have subjects we are weak on. This is one of yours.
 
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