A rerun will happen akin to when George Bush and a Republican-controlled Congress doubled the debt, doubled the budget (all by themselves), left a $1.4 trillion deficit their last budget year, and Republicans blamed Obama for mounting debt and systemic deficits THEY created.

BTW, Obama, with no help from Republicans, got the annual deficit down toe $500 billion. Trump and the GOP - again with GOP control of government - swelled deficits back up to $1.5 trillion a year with unneeded tax cuts that went largely to the top 5%.

Republicans create massive fiscal messes Democrats have to try to clean up, then blame everyone else for what they did.

Tax cuts have only led to higher debt, and Republicans don't want to reverse course.

It won't be until 2029, when congressional GOP incumbents have already run for reelection and Trump is gone from the White House, that voters feel the sting from many of the "pay-fors."

100% chance Republicans will blame Democrats for the mess they've created. Happens every time.

So, family of "they rape, they bring in drugs, they're murderers" (sic) are fine to come and spend their ill gotten drug money?

Par for the course on Trump.

If someone is "86'd" from a bar they get thrown out, not murdered.

Get a grip.

What's the difference between The Art Of The Deal and The Art Of The Cave?

He didn't write The Art Of The Deal. His ghostwriter did.

If only he'd gushed like this in time for Trump to give a fellow felon a pardon like he's done so many times now.

Elon's $300,000,000 for the Trump 2024 campaign continues paying off in spades.

This follows the firings of numerous regulatory officials overseeing investigations into his companies that would have resulted in hundreds of millions if not billions in fines.

... so I left my "C" class seat in the front and sat with my Fellow Travelers in the rear. www.cafedeclic.com

Ole!

#14 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Sometimes, approaching other smokers, I'd pull my index finger down to hide it and flash the back side as though the finger was missing ... like a gang sign for societal lepers smokers became and all that LOL

AU -
Do you recall the days when airports included machines where, pre-flight, you purchased a life insurance for that flight and posted the paperwork to whoever?

#10 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis

I do! As well as smoking sections on planes and no security lines. Ah, the good old days!

MAGA morons like DeathSantis, will remove flouride from drinking water but not poisons. Figures!

Smith owns several of the large bars with music on lower Broadway here in Nashville.

He's the same guy who pays a low wage to musicians in bars that charge top dollar for every drink. Musicians have to pass a tip bucket. -----!

#10 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

I haven't been since the end of apartheid.

Played at Sun City (Bophuthatswana) with a well known artist who spoke out against apartheid from the stage during sets. Never invited back.

Typical MAGA hypocrite. Like thousands of contractors who use the "my subs hired them" excuse to make a few extra bucks.

"We're sorry the 11 losers couldn't be with us at the finale. Libya wouldn't release them, so our hands were tied."

Trump & Noem: "On my cue release the hounds!"

I'm flying to Chicago next week to see Post Malone at Wrigley Field (a good friend is in his band ... should be a great time!).

Never felt the need to buy a "flight only AD&D policy" ... until perhaps now. Pretty sad state of affairs ...

Bought a dip, huh? One wonders who clued her in?

DJT is a pump & dump meme stock anyway. The company is less than worthless and should be a penny stock based on performance, but it seems gullible rubes and shadowy, wealthy individuals pump it up when it starts to fall (legal bribes).

Trump appointee:

We knew Republicans don't care about debt and deficits ... until a Democrat is in the WH, that is.

What a bunch of hypocrites. Won't even fix the systemic deficits and debt they created all by themselves during Shrub and Trump I with tax cuts for individuals and corporations who never needed them in the first place. Meanwhile, the vast majority of us can co f&^! ourselves as far as Republicans are concerned.

Well, there's some DOGE savings to be had right there!

Trump was two years into his 2024 Presidential Campaign in 2022.

#8 | Posted by snoofy

To keep from having dozens of more felonies on his record.

The GOP tax bill is on track to add more than $2.5 trillion to U.S. deficit.

The cost of the bill is likely to amount to more than $2.5 trillion " and as much as $3.3 trillion, counting the interest owed on new debt.

And Trump wants to keep tax cuts in place for people who don't need them! "Fiscal conservatives" my ---."

This wealthy "Trump conservative," who makes millions a year as owner of multiple large scale bars with music on Nashville's Lower Broadway, a main tourist destination, evidently hires undocumented "illegals" who fled in droves when ICE showed up. Smith's picture must be in the dictionary next to "hypocrite."

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS

Interesting and worth a deeper dive. Thanks.

Here are the facts:

GOP in power: Massive increases in debt and deficits for every Republican president since Reagan
DEM in power: Deficits reduced to 1/3 of what the previous GOP administrations had their final budget year

Recently, Trump left a $1.5 trillion deficit his last budget year (2021) after Obama got Bush's $1.4 trillion down to $500b a year his last budget year (2017).

Republicans are the guilty party when it comes to our debt and deficits. Bush-Cheney took us from Clinton's last year of spending ($1.8t) and DOUBLED the debt and DOUBLED SPENDING too. That created systemic deficits and debt that continues to climb at the same time they seek tax cuts (reduced government income),

How is and has it been logical or "fiscally responsible?". Hypocritical at best.

Those are some facts ...