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They've been doing this since the 80's. It's never worked as a policy to lower the deficit.
Jun 20, 2023 1:22 PM
IDontCareAtAllButIShould
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They've been doing this since the 80's. It's never worked as a policy to lower the deficit.
TheMightyMollusk
Step 1: Get yours. Step 2: Fuck everyone else, you got yours.
antoinemailhot311
Im canadian and at this point i just want to murder then all XD. Is that wrong ?
KamikazeGerbil101
Marsmallowmancer
Blame everything on the Democrats
Zinman
Step 5: Back to Step 1.
SomeDetroitGuy
George H W Bush raised taxes on the wealthy because he was concerned about the debt. Immediately lost reelection.
thisisausernamelikeanyothersbutthisonesmellsweird
herp derp banjo jebus.. pewpew.. murrica!!..
SirLurkAndSmirkAndSometimesSnark
Whats crazy to me is that we are clearly past the tipping point. Well past it. Yet they still want MORE. It will literally never be enough, which is why something drastic will have to happen.
acuaricornio
Government spending is out of control! Also, Defense Department, here’s an extra $50 billion you didn’t ask for.
blaghart
also deficit is not the national debt, the national debt is not a bad thing, increasing the national debt is not a bad thing necessarily (it depends on a bunch of factors) and the debt ceiling is a scam. The debt ceiling is a result of the executive following the law, by spending the money that congress has demanded be spent. the debt ceiling needing to be raised is congress blaming everyone else for its own bills.
fsharpminor3s
Rinse and repeat! Thanks Ronnie!
opermech
And for the life of me I can't figure out. Why people keep voting republican. Why would you fuck yourself over and over. Granted both parties suck and there have been some good people, but for the majority. WTF
cosinewave
Right, always place the burden of the debt on the lower classes to increase their hardships so they work harder for less money.
Heavenissize17socks
Keep the Serfs Scared™.
aquanight
"Just days later"?
FelonyRaptor
Also now in Finland too. Thanks.
rongoins1
agree
sleepinggreenidea
The GOP has been successfully running the "Two Santas" grift to work over Democrats since Reagan. It's basically the above, but you change who's controlling Congress or who's in the White House b/tw steps 2 and 3. Sadly, it works pretty well b/c a lot of Dems agree with the GOP that austerity sounds pretty swell, and don't really want higher taxes. So the GOP gets to play nice Santa and give tax breaks, while our party plays mean Santa and restricts existing programs to pay for them.
degonz195512
Pass a bill that would cut their pay by 50% and cut their "entitlements"limos,plane fares security ,report and tax all lobby money and gifts,they work for the people,I'm not expressed by their performance
ScrotusFezziwig
F yeah thats my congresslady
Flynette707
Never worked as a policy, but some how they convinced their base it does :(.
BootsDusty
NomadFeetWanderingToes
And this is an effective strategy b/c there are millions of middle/lower middle class Americans who intrinsically hate the idea of someone worse off than them getting help from everyone's pooled tax dollars, ESPECIALLY if the recipients aren't white. Their deep down feeling is that being poor/in need must've been due to a moral failing. Never mind that if they fall on hard times and need assistance their case is special b/c typically they're a "maker" not a "taker".
NomadFeetWanderingToes
A downvote already lol! Let me also say this; I've seen this attitude first hand, with these ppl wanting all of the social safety nets removed ("throwing the baby out with the bath water", if you will) rather than see ppl they think are "undeserving" of the assistance getting it (even if most of the ppl getting assistance are truly in need). No desire to reform benefits, or make the system better. It just speaks to their level of selfishness and inability to walk a mile in another's shoes.
samanthadlcruz
don't forget the massive increase in funding for the defense industry and the police forces that are getting all that surplus military hardware.
NarutoUserMaki
Step 6: say and do racist things and claim your not rascit
n0n53n53
"I'm not but"
OddlyPacific
There it is. Already name calling!!!! /s
Neednoggle
Claim your not rascit what? Is there a prize?
CatatonicCowMoo
I'm trying to pronounce that last word and failing. Ras-sit? Race-it? I know it's supposed to say racist but my brain won't let me not try to pronounce that last word. Rask-it? Help
Illithidbane
"But if we cut taxes for the rich, they will create jobs and ultimately the greater economic activity will increase taxes in the long run. We've been doing it since the 80s and it hasn't worked yet, but any minute now... any minute now..." -GOP
yikesaroni
step 5: increase subsidies for big oil, increase military bloat while reducing spending for veterans
ricpaul
Environmental activists (mainly Extinction Rebellion) blocked one of the mayor highways in the Netherlands twice so far. They just threatened to do it on a DAILY basis starting Sept. 9th until the government stops subsidising fossil fuel companies. I'm more and more inclined to join them. Those subsidies have no place in the world after the publication of 'the limits to growth' in 1972, yet here we are, 50 years later in a FAR worse position...
Starcatcher1986
Oh, that's just step 4.
BlackSuiteSpade
What's always funny is that military bloat doesn't go to service members. It all goes to government contractors.
trippingthelightfantastic
AwesomeName
Always remember: the 'government' is how we, the public, control rich people.
depressedscientist
They want less rules for them and more control over you. The very thing our government was supposed to prevent, a wealthy ruling class.
AsheLake
I agree with the first part, but I wonder how you think the US was founded.
JohnLuckPikard
For real. Only land owning males could even vote at first. The system was set up from the beginning to ensure there was a ruling aristocracy.
depressedscientist
Well, 2/3rds of the signature on the declaration were no doubt by such individuals… but, the constitution was primarily authored by two of them and according to their perspective in the federalist papers, our government wasn’t made to oppress autonomous people. But then that’s the caveat isn’t it? Slaves and women don’t count in that perspective. Although, some of the founding fathers believed they should.
AsheLake
There was voter suppression even of land owning white males all the way back to the founding of the colonies.
CosplayComet
Republican policies are good for the economy!! ...never mind that the poorest, least educated states in the country are all red states.
Armyguy8382
9 of 10 are. And 9 of 10 of the states that lost the most residents between 2010 and 2020 were also red states. And 9 of 10 states that have the biggest imbalance between revenue collected and fed funds needed for their people. Only Florida and Texas grow under GOP leadership. But they are big enough not to matter as much. Texas it is diversity in the economy, Florida it is tourism, and snow birds.
treyryan3
Both have no state income tax which attracts retirees.
Armyguy8382
But their other taxes are higher. For most states with no income tax the residents tend to pay more in overall taxes than states with income tax.
StanielRonathan
Florida also has an incredibly low sales tax rate (6% with local surtaxes being no higher than an additional 2%, if any at all), low fees to incorporate, and fairly low corporate taxes (5.5%) too- at least relative to other states. A meaningful percentage of the state's income comes from Disney for Reedy Creek, and from the Native tribes for their exclusive gambling rights.
treyryan3
No one said retirees are intelligent.