Budget Deficits by Fiscal Year, Comparing Trump to Democrats

I saw someone comment exactly what I’m looking for recently but don’t know how to find it again now. Got a Trump boot-licker Facebook friend who’s going off about how it’s responsible for Republicans to hold the nation’s credit hostage to reign in “Democrats’ out of control spending.”

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dale74 · M

If democrats cared and did not want it to be an issue they could have passed the budget increase back in December when they passed the Biden budget buy no they did not pass it, because they wanted it to be a campaign issue.

Ynotisay · M

@dale74 Not super up to speed on this one, huh? Well it doesn't matter. As long as you think it then it becomes true, right?

dale74 · M

@Ynotisay if it was important why did democrats not pass it 6 months ago they knew it was coming soon. 6 months ago the election was over they still had the majority in House and Senate. Why because they wanted it to be an issue. They could have passed it when they approved the 87000 new IRS agents. To go after those in the 1 percent NOT they are going after everyone.

LeopoldBloom · M

@dale74 Raising the debt ceiling requires a supermajority, unlike the budget that only requires a bare majority. So the Democrats couldn't do it last year without the cooperation of ten Senate Republicans, which wasn't going to happen. And Joe Manchin wasn't going to go along with getting rid of the filibuster for this.

dale74 · M

@LeopoldBloom no it doesn't

The most recent debt-ceiling fight was resolved in 2021 with a deal between Senate Democrats and Republicans to effectively let Democrats raise the debt ceiling with a simple majority vote, same people in office in December 2022.

Ynotisay · M

@dale74 All you need to do is run a search, on the topic, in a specific time frame. That'll give some of the real time context that's influencing where were are today.

PatKirby · M

@dale74

It's because DemonRats don't know what they're doing. They don't know how the government actually works and just throw anyone at problems who are basically unqualified.

dale74 · M

@PatKirby trust me I used to work at a government agency there were so many online masters degrees bachelor's degrees and associate degrees from schools I'd never even heard of and I'm sorry you can never convince me that an online degree is as good as a brick and mortar degree