Lawrence: That is the budgetary cycle we've been in since the 1980s. Republican presidents increased the deficits. Democratic presidents from Bill Clinton forward come into office and reduce the deficits created by the Republican presidents.
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Vote in conservatives. Smash the education system. Kill your neighbour, maybe your Mom. Watch the friends of the party fill their pockets. Ruin the public Treasury. If you live in Ontario, get a cheque for $200. It's the same story, wherever conservatives hold sway. Corruption, top to bottom #onpoli
We have known this for over 20 years!!
Yet, millions of American voters don't care about the national debt when they mark their ballots voting for Republicans.
Democrats need to IGNORE the national debt while campaigning next year -- don't even bring it up.
Because half of America is against taxes!
Who fails to get this information across to voters every single time? Democrats. Is there a reason there aren't a hundred Dem pols on podcasts, TikToks, Insta, FB, Twitch, etc. reaching the MAGA to tell them this RIGHT NOW when it's happening? There are 100s of ways to reach ppl & say it many Xs.
It’s not like a big part of the population doesn’t know that. They voted for Trump because he would steal some for himself and the 1%, and maybe hand some out to some poorer people. They weren’t against increasing the debt, if they got a piece too. But not the “welfare moms” or “illegals”.
And Dems get blamed for the economy every single fucking time. Seems like someone in charge might wanna look into how/why the Republicans have a monopoly on the conversation regarding the economy. We've been playing this game for decades.
Much of this is disinformation proffered by the "lower taxes" crowd. The current U.S. (total) income distribution is skewed heavily to >$1M/yr. The only ones who should be paying any income tax are those with income >$166k/yr (FICA cap.) https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2024/demo/p60-282.html
Modern monetary policy is a joke - the US can print money, it doesn’t need to collect it from the People for programs like healthcare, education or retirement. Capitalism’s goal of unlimited growth/profit is unsustainable without gov intervention.
Does anybody at all actually think that Elon Musk gives a crap about the national debt? This is just all part of the plan that after he took a sledgehammer to all government services at Trumps request and approval they won’t pretend to fight so the idiotic Trump supporters wouldn’t blame Trump.
This is just the entire, never ending FACTS of exactly who, and which political party in this nation has consistently done the most damage to our deficit and American citizens prospects for prosperity. We as a nation and a government MUST get off this stomach churning ride and demand better.
Meanwhile. Looks like South Korea elected a sane person as their President. Would be nice if the US could elect more sane people but we get insane in the membrane. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvkxxerln1o
Americans are so stupid they always say Reeps are better on the economy. I think they believe that ‘cause Reeps are richer than Dems, they stupidly think they’re better at handling money. Shit! Reeps are just more crooked than Dems. Just look at the list of GOP fraudsters Trump just pardoned.
Deficits don't matter. The only people who care about them are scoundrels who use them as an excuse to cut funding to programmes that are overwhelmingly popular in order to finance overwhelmingly unpopular tax cuts and spending on rich people.
Lawrence is without peer. He nails the facts on Trump and his cronies nightly with a fine tuned precision and level of experience not seen on TV anywhere else. Thanks to Lawrence for his dedication to the truth and to this nation.
Documented. And yet ppl still roll over and play dead when Rs profess they will fix the deficit. Every time. American life should be about more than “the economy” anyway, but certainly since it’s a consistent lie coming from the Rs.
And cutie pies will remind us that during his first two years, Clinton worked with a Democrat majority. Then Midterms rolled around, and the Republicans took it. NORMAL Republicans, in conjunction with Democrats, balanced a budget through reasonable compromise. Imagine doing all this while sane?
This Musk comment is for CEO strategic reasons only. They slammed his face. They have told him - oppose this orange idiot and save our money. Who would believe him anyway??
Musk WTF didn’t he know that Republicans are the sole culprits for ballooning the deficit with their fuck up tax for the rich? He doesn’t give a shit about the deficit he only cares about his companies getting contracts and succeeded in having federal law suits dropped against his companies.
Yes. Every time you hear someone say, "I vote Republican because they're fiscally responsible," they're actually saying they have no idea that that's not a complete sentence.
Minus the ketamine and other drug cocktails and minus the immigrant status, he might have been able too. The drugs make him stupid. He was never Genius enough to make his own but for many years he fashioned revival out of the Tesla name. So who knows. I cant believe Im saying that and Ineverlikedhim
I agree, its sad to see what smart people do. My mom was labeled a Genius back in the 70s. The CIA and the FBI tried recruiting her at 14, but she had just started her lifelong drug addiction to heroine, black tar. But the more modern one killed her by murder. Long story. Intelligence waste.
First time I voted for a Dem, and paid attention as a young person. I was proud to vote for Clinton! He helped me OFF of welfare and gave me lots of work experience that I never had! Also, encouraged me to start my college degrees, (multiple). I'm blessed to have my son proud of me!
Republicans don’t legislate they give tax cuts to the richest among us and take the tax cuts from lifesaving programs for the poor. They do it every time they’re in power. Democrats legislate for the poor people and try to raise them out of poverty. They usually reduce the national debt too.
Musk has the money to follow regulations and/or pay the fines he collected. There was no need outside of his ego to go against the very population that gave him his wealth.
He's an ungrateful traitor and a flaming, dangerous, brain-dead drug addict. I saw another clip of him in the WH again & OMFG he's having an out-of-body ride on some comb of drugs. It's shorter & it really jumps out that he should be in rehab. Yikes.
Truth! While I understand Congress Constitutionally controls the national purse strings, I'm thinking it's time to let voters have a say on these tax cuts for the wealthy. I've had enough of wealth inequality. I love our country and I don't believe we should stand idly by while the 1% horde wealth.
And Republicans continually distract the racist and stupid people among us with straws, Dr. Seuss, M&M's, gas stoves, litter boxes, and all other manner of nonsense.
ehhh there is an * in there. Clinton, if I recall correctly, played accounting games. Also, Republicans forced austerity on Obama because they signed a bill that had a "no one would be so stupid" provision that, surprise, got invoked.
I've seen this pattern for decades. Why anyone votes Republican, I'll never understand! Stop doing this! Under Dems, everything is better; you can check the stats by looking them up. More job creation, lower deficits, spending on things that matter to most people, not just the rich, etc.!
Democrats' agendas have always been mission-focused: to grow the economy and create jobs for the people.
Republicans' agenda has always been tax cuts for corporations and the top 5%. By the time Republicans leave office, unemployment is high and the economy is in a recession.
I can't imagine how Elon managed to pass his test for citizenship (or if he was allowed to simply buy it, like everything else). What he doesn't know about the U.S. government and our laws could fill a set of old-time encyclopedias.
I honestly believe that he played a theater role, his game to get in, get the money/contracts, get richer and get out in due time. He is a bozo, but he played for his own pocket. And Us citizens paid and will pay the price.
If the U.S. government had anyone in it with integrity and proper authority, Musk would lost his citizenship and be permanently kicked out of the country for the untold damage he inflicted on the government and the world. And consider himself lucky we didn't execute him.
It's amazing to me that for 45 years, the GOP has been selling the same old,stale trickle-down economics plan... & GOP voters are still buying it. These voters are both masochists & sadists.
The only thing that trickles downhill is 💩.
They must like getting 💩 on & seeing other people get 💩 on.
Yes. This is exactly what happens here in Australia. And they sell off everything, reduce services then continually claim they're the economic masters. Records show the opposite. Labor provide services, reduce waste and bring down debt.
This is a MUST WATCH scathing tear down of Musk, who deserves every single word. Bravo @Lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com 👏👏👏 Thank You
No one is forgetting how this self-serving South African Nazi immigrant tried to destroy our democracy. The damage & lives Musk has destroyed will never be forgiven.
Yes, but your years are 1 year out of whack.
Bush's record deficit of FY 2009 was $1.4T, that was Bush, not Obama.
It's awkward because the fiscal year starts on Oct 1 of the previous year.
One would think the right would have learned by now which party is responsible for the country’s massive deficit. It’s theirs, but they always point fingers at the Democrats. Not very smart, are they?
They haven't been, because they "play nice" with Republicans. The hell with that. Tax the rich, ffs! If you spend money, you have to have it coming in from somewhere. GOP always wants to take it from the poor and vulnerable. Dems must start taking it from the rich!
The issue of the national debt is a made-up issue. They made it up as an excuse to cut social programmes. Politicians, or voters that base their views on this should not be taken seriously. https://youtu.be/kFhKVCaadzE?si=ZV_p7FS689wrRNrX
And then Democrats say they can’t create bold social programs because they have to be fiscally responsible and bring down the deficit. Republicans have no trouble running the deficit up with their bold tax cuts and military spending; Dems should tax the rich and act on popular ideas.
Because they flood the space with culture war topics. Even now they’re talking about some person somewhere who is different than they like, is doing something instead of talking about the bbb which affects everyone
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Yet, millions of American voters don't care about the national debt when they mark their ballots voting for Republicans.
Democrats need to IGNORE the national debt while campaigning next year -- don't even bring it up.
Because half of America is against taxes!
but never fear.....Murdoch media is there to filter out inconsistencies....
.....edit out stuff ups and excuse the past statements
No wonder they like autocracy so much that more they want us all to get a taste.
https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2024/demo/p60-282.html
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it is just insane.
Don’t Tear Me Up
One of my favorite Mick songs w/ or
w/o the Stones.
“Life is a bitch
But it's way too short
Unlike a politician
It just can't be bought”
As Senate votes on budget to KILL AMERICANS, ask yourself this: Who is paying off GOP?! 🖕🏻🇷🇺!!
https://youtu.be/CQEFlJhkhA8?...
So……
Elon: Nothing is impossible. If it is, fuck you.
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1FzaMGtziz/
Nothing says stupid like the American electorate.
https://bsky.app/profile/plaintanjane.bsky.social/post/3lqr2qa6lc22n
Republicans' agenda has always been tax cuts for corporations and the top 5%. By the time Republicans leave office, unemployment is high and the economy is in a recession.
The only thing that trickles downhill is 💩.
They must like getting 💩 on & seeing other people get 💩 on.
No one is forgetting how this self-serving South African Nazi immigrant tried to destroy our democracy. The damage & lives Musk has destroyed will never be forgiven.
https://youtu.be/pR7KczB3QiA?si=tupRy8zhVxJaGj80
The "genius" Musk didn't have to know the deficit history since the 1980s, just Trump's history ...
Obama handed Trump a $0.59tn annual deficit, which he ballooned every year in office
> 2017 $0.67tn +13.6%
> 2018 $0.78tn +32.2%
> 2019 $0.98tn +66.1%
> 2020 $3.13tn +531.0%
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Bush's record deficit of FY 2009 was $1.4T, that was Bush, not Obama.
It's awkward because the fiscal year starts on Oct 1 of the previous year.
We need to spend more on this….
https://youtu.be/8LK1PWoHzSw?si=uZFFukbUwHzRkANd