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Trump is the one great gift of God in decades. If any of the Dem candidates wins we are certainly going down under dictatorship and debt. Fast.

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Presumably you mean we won’t go down under dictatorship and debt. Or are you expecting Trump supporters to stage a coup?

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The Dems have been trying to stage a coup for the last three years.

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No they haven’t.

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If they succeed we're going down under dictatorship and debt

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And why would that happen under the Democrats rather than Trump who has been working hard on increasing the debt and claiming more power for the executive?

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As soon as we get another Democrat in office we can look forward to that anyway

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Since you are such a fan of dictatorship and debt, you must be expecting a coup from your fellow Trump supporters.

GAO decisionSo, Trump exceeded his authority. What a surprise.

Strong-arm tactics are his way of negotiating. See
Is Donald Trump Really a Great Negotiator(Spoiler: No)

It’s interesting that in one post you accuse the Democrats of violating the law and in the next your first sentence asks why Trump should bother following the law.You should try actually understanding what you’re talking about. But I guess that would make you a Marxist.

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We heard nothing but the Democrats,l not a word from the President's team

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You certainly heard from Republicans.Exactly what role would the President’s team have in Impeachment which is basically investigation and laying charges ? You’re not still confusing it with the trial are you ?

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He never got to confront his accuser, nothing.

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A right which comes in at the trial. Besides he did have the opportunity to attend, he just refused. And that is on him.

You seem to assume that everyone wants to take the side of evil, as you do. That is not the case.

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You consistently demonstrate that you certainly do not know the difference between good and eviL

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So lying to defend a corrupt president is good in your eyes? Because that’s all we get from you.

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No I don't think anyone WANTS to take the side of evil

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I think you do. That’s why you support Trump.Edited by PaulK, : No reason given.

You mean that everything you’ve said on the impeachment is just a joke? I think you should do something about your sense of humour.

And he’s wrong. Even if he fell for the conspiracy theory (which would be dumb) Trump did not have the power to withhold aid - according to the GAO. And conducting extortion through his personal lawyer rather than involving the appropriate agencies is hardly proper either.

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I hear the word deficit as being carried over from year to year since most of it is untouchable by law, that is it can't be paid down.

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No. What you have heard is that a large part of the spending is untouchable. Spending is not debt.And it looks like Trump has so far increased the deficit by more than Obama did overall, even though Obama had two terms and inherited a recession (where deficit increases are expected). The Balance (I assume these figures are accurate - I saw the same on another site which adds confidence)In 2008 the deficit was $459 billion
In 2016 the deficit was $585 billion
In 2019 the deficit was $1,092 billion

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No, he cannot be running up trillion dollar deficits.

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Of course he is. That is established fact.

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As Vimesey said there is a confusing between deficits and the National Debt...

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No, Trump is running up a trillion-dollar deficit.

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.... nothing Trump is doing could create such high deficits

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Cutting revenue and increasing spending will increase the deficit. And that is what Trump has done.

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Cutting taxes gets people out of poverty because it creates jobs, and the fact is that there is more tax revenus because of this prosperity even though the rates are reduced. You guys have a fantasy economy. You can't have social programs without the money that the rich generate, and you don't NEED so many social programs when more people are able to find work.

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It is funny that you label reality as fantasy while promoting your imaginings as fact. The tax base has not increased to the level required to replace the revenue lost to tax cuts,

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Well, everybody knows the economy is booming under Trump and was staggering under Obama, except diehard Ldeftists who have no sense of reality.

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In reality there was a massive recession under Bush - brought about by unrestrained capitalism - and Obama turned it around.Now perhaps you can explain why your reality demands that we should lie about that.

Simple answer (there might be some complications but this is basically it).The government has spending and income. If the government spends more than it receives the difference is the deficit.Thus if income is reduced and spending is increased the deficit necessarily increases. That’s simple arithmetic.And yes, military spending is a big budget item. The US spending is very high compared to other developed countries.Raising taxes is another option (and Trump has done some of that - just not enough).

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The money that goes to those programs is part of the yearly deficit.

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Can you please stop confusing spending and deficit? It’s not exactly difficult to understand.