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applegrove

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Sat Dec 2, 2017, 06:27 PM Dec 2017

Republicans Have No Credibility on the Budget Deficit

https://politicalwire.com/2017/12/02/republicans-no-credibility-budget-deficit/

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“In 2009, almost every Republican in Congress opposed a $787 billion stimulus plan in the midst of an economic crisis because they said it would cause a dangerous increase in the federal debt,” the New York Times reports.

Said Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at the time: “Yesterday the Senate cast one of the most expensive votes in history. Americans are wondering how we’re going to pay for all this.”

“Nine years later, during one of the longest economic expansions in American history, almost every Republican in Congress — including Mr. McConnell, now the majority leader — supports a tax plan that is projected to cause an even larger increase in the federal debt.”


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Republicans Have No Credibility on the Budget Deficit (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2017 OP
It's true, and WE the people must make that fact determinative, elleng Dec 2017 #1
Republicans have no credibility on anything. SamKnause Dec 2017 #2
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