Henry Payne for March 17, 2019

Not true. They’ll let you touch the defense budget.

Dear God, the calculated ignorance of recent history. The federal deficit was eliminated under Bill Clinton, whose term ended with three years of multibillion dollat surpluses. George W. Bush promptly blew a huge hole in the federal fisc with large upper-bracket tax cuts, compounded by expensive military adventures and economic mismanagement. Obama started the process of bringing the deficit back under control, but our current Charlatan-in-Chief reversed the process with absurdly favor-the-rich tax cuts. Now he calls for cutting Social Security and Medicare, as well as medical and scientific research. Just bring tax rates back to the levels they were at under that demon-Socialist Ronald Reagan and the deficit shrinks to the point that we can drown it in the bathtub.

Just don’t touch any military programs or oil subsidies.

Those people are barely scraping by.

Stop reducing revenue by giving useless tax breaks and subsidies to the corporations and the wealthy, and there will be plenty of funding for this country’s citizens and for maintaining the infrastructure.

Democratic presidents in recent history have managed just that, Payne, they have reduced or at least kept the deficit under control while maintaining social and welfare programs. Republican presidents have achieved the opposite – they have slashed welfare programs while at the same time letting the deficit grow by leaps and bounds. Republicans are the party of fiscal responsibility- when they not in power.

Let me get this straight, you are railing against a deficit whilst screaming for a completely useless $70 Billion wall? Tsk, Tsk. Republican hypocricy will it ever end?

Tax cuts for the rich-=a GOP and Trump program—caused the deficit

Hmmm, deficit wasn’t a problem when they passed the 1% tax relief, but now that Dems are a majority in the house, it has become a problem once again.

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” Dwight D. Eisenhower

Republicans gave the Republican Donor Class a 1.5 trillion dollar tax break,

increasing the deficit to 22 trillion, and the debt has increased 77% over last year

due to falling tax revenues.

Republican tax avoidance is turning America into Greece. Are we grease yet?

This is what happens when a party that represents only 25% of the population inveigles their way into political power and imposes their will on the other 75%. Do the Republicans honestly feel that they are loyal to our country and are uniting and strengthening the US and making things better for ALL Americans and their children?

Henry!!! You’re not supposed to mention “deficit” while a Republican president is in office!! Wait until 2021!!!!

Signed,

Your handlers.

At least there’s a car. And guys with noses. I’m sure Payne feels better now.

And keep your government hands off my Medicare.

Where was their concern for the budget deficit when they were pushing the tax break for the 1%? At that time it was pointed out that as soon as the ink was dry on that deal, they would start cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. That was the centerpiece of trumps’ budget proposal. Surprize! Surprize!

Well Payne, there are two means of reducing the deficit: Reducing expenses or increasing revenue. According to a recent survey in Fortune, 76% of American votes want the wealthy to pay more:

http://fortune.com/2019/02/04/support-for-tax-increase-on-wealthy-americans-poll/

Democracy.