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What does"fiscal conservative" mean to you?

trump promised to eliminate debt yet he will be adding $5.088 trillion to the debt by the time this nightmare is over. That's a 30 percent increase.

Are you predicting another economic recession?

The last 9 out of 10 recessions have been started during a Republican President’s term.
That’s every Republican president from Eisenhower to W.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recessions_in_the_United_States

Good news though; look how many billionaires trump further enriched. That’s gotta count for something...
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Mktonght · 61-69, M
from Wikipedia as well. Budgets are determined by the House and Senate, as shown below. So blaming trump for this is totally a political move and misinformation.

Authorization and appropriations[edit]
In general, funds for federal government programs must be authorized by an "authorizing committee" through enactment of legislation. Then, through subsequent acts by Congress, budget authority is appropriated by the Appropriations Committee of the House. In principle, committees with jurisdiction to authorize programs make policy decisions, while the Appropriations Committees decide on funding levels, limited to a program's authorized funding level, though the amount may be any amount less than the limit.
The budget resolutions specify funding levels for the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and their 12 subcommittees, establishing various budget totals, allocations, entitlements, and may include reconciliation instructions to designated House or Senate committees. The appropriations committees start with allocations in the budget resolution and draft appropriations bills, which may be considered in the House after May 15. Once appropriations committees pass their bills, they are considered by the House and Senate. When there is a final budget, the spending available to each appropriations committee for the coming fiscal year is usually provided in the joint explanatory statement included in the conference report. The appropriations committees then allocate that amount among their respective subcommittees, each to allocate the funds they control among the programs within their jurisdiction.[8]
A conference committee is typically required to resolve differences between House and Senate appropriation bills. Once a conference bill has passed both chambers of Congress, it is sent to the President, who may sign the bill or veto it. If he signs, the bill becomes law. Otherwise, Congress must pass another bill to avoid a shutdown of at least part of the federal government.
In recent years, Congress has not passed all of the appropriations bills before the start of the fiscal year. Congress may then enact continuing resolutions that provide for the temporary funding of government operations. Failure to appropriate funds results in a partial government shutdown, such the federal government shutdown in October 2013.
In practice, the separation between policy making and funding and the division between appropriations and authorization activities are imperfect. Authorizations for many programs have long lapsed, yet still receive appropriated amounts, while other programs that are authorized receive no funds at all.[citation needed] In addition, policy language, which is legislative text changing permanent law, is included in appropriation measures.
SWMae · 26-30, F
@Mktonght

Wasn't that trump's promise? To eliminate debt? Republicans controlled every branch for 2 years. Care to explain that?

Our national debt and budget deficits are far too complicated to explain on SW...I will say that under trump, with record tax receipts, we should be significantly reducing our deficit, as opposed to expanding it...just that pesky tax bill they passed fucked it all up...
Mktonght · 61-69, M
I am not defending or need to explain anything. just stating the facts and the current budget just passed was a negotiated one that was proposed by the House.
SWMae · 26-30, F
@Mktonght

I understand. I guess I'm confused because trump has claimed credit for the health of the economy and the historically low unemployment rates. However, the economic upturn began under President Obama. trump was set up for success. And now trump has sent the deficit back into the trillions which is always what conservative presidents do. They're not fiscally conservative.