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Deficits don't count now? (Original Post) SHRED Sep 2018 OP
Two minutes on the google machine will PROVE the economy ALWAYS suffers Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #1
and it's not even close. unblock Sep 2018 #3
Thank you, and it is undeniable which is why the GOP never talks about the stats Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #4
So The Dems Better Start Messaging Now.... global1 Sep 2018 #9
IOKIYAR maxsolomon Sep 2018 #2
Nope, never have to RussiaPublicans uponit7771 Sep 2018 #5
Allow me to explain: guillaumeb Sep 2018 #6
My beef is with the media. They love to present Republicans as honest deficit hawks Yavin4 Sep 2018 #7
Not when you're saving the babies... RainCaster Sep 2018 #8

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
1. Two minutes on the google machine will PROVE the economy ALWAYS suffers
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 05:47 PM
Sep 2018

under GOP an always does better under DNC, etc.

Always.

unblock

(52,236 posts)
3. and it's not even close.
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 05:54 PM
Sep 2018

the vast majority of the national debt happened when republicans were president.
if republicans even accept this fact, they still blame democrats because hey, congress. it's always the fault of whatever democrats are in washington.


the vast majority of gdp and stock market gains happened when democrats were president.
if republicans even accept this fact, they still try to take credit. it must be due to policies implemented by republican presidents or, in the case of donnie, even anticipation of a republican president.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
4. Thank you, and it is undeniable which is why the GOP never talks about the stats
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 05:56 PM
Sep 2018

they just use talking points, lies.

global1

(25,249 posts)
9. So The Dems Better Start Messaging Now....
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 07:33 PM
Sep 2018

talk the staggering deficit - NOW - under a Repug administration. Say that the Repugs are setting up the Dems to take the fall when the Blue Wave takes back the House and maybe the Senate.

But don't fall for it people. That's why we're telling you now that they will be the cause of any downturn on the economy.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
6. Allow me to explain:
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 06:07 PM
Sep 2018

Deficits caused by tax cuts for billionaires are good deficits.

Deficits caused by government programs that help the bottom 90% are bad deficits.

Yavin4

(35,439 posts)
7. My beef is with the media. They love to present Republicans as honest deficit hawks
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 06:09 PM
Sep 2018

when a Democrat is in the WH. They should know by now that that is complete bullshit.

RainCaster

(10,877 posts)
8. Not when you're saving the babies...
Tue Sep 11, 2018, 06:59 PM
Sep 2018

Then nothing else matters.

This is the single most stupid group of voters in this country. They are so focused on that one issue that they cannot see how fucked up the GOP is on all other issues that "Christians" care about. As long as it is a fetus, it deserves every chance possible. As soon as its born, it can be ignored. No education, no healthcare, no gun safety, no protection from abuse or trafficking.

Family Values?
Government Ethics?
Worker's Rights?
Caring for the poor/homeless/widows/veterans?

The clowns in the GOP read a very different Bible than I do.

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