You certainly didn’t worry about the $Trillions in debt and deficit for the Tax Cut and Spend Scam, which did nothing for anyone except rich people and corporations, so why complain now? Oh yeah, Democrats in the White House and in Congress. #Hypocrite
And you’re OK with them paying the bill to give tax breaks to the top 1% so they could inflate stock prices through buybacks and reward investors with dividends? All that without re-investing in companies, creating new jobs (unemployment went up, remember?), or otherwise trickling down that money?
As I said in another strip, the national debt increased $7 trillion under former President Trump and Congressional Republicans. I must have missed Mr. Ramirez’s strip about that ‘horror’.
What should astound us all is that there are so many people who believe Ramirez has a point and, for some reason, I suspect that those are the SAME people who, even now, claim that Covid-19 is no more dangerous than the common flu and that wearing an anti-Covid-19 mask is governmental violation of our inalienable right to infect everyone in our path.
As of the end of FY 2020, the debt was $26.9 trillion. In 4 years, The Rump added over 6 trillion to the total debt, most of which was done in an “Incredible” economy. His final budget for FY 2021 was to add another $1.5 trillion Not a peep from the right. “W” more than doubled the national debt in his 8 years, hid the war cost by keeping it off the books, and was in charge when the whole economy crashed into the great recession. Not a peep from the right (Until Obama had to spend his way out of it). Now it is Biden’s turn to clean up a mess from the pandemic and Trump’s refusal to take it seriously. Now it is Biden’s turn to get blamed for wanting to be fiscally responsible and raise revenue to pay the bills that the other party left. Yup, it seems a pattern here. Don’t it? It only seems to matter when there is a Democrat to blame.
This.. was as predictable as the rising sun.. deficits only matter when the democrats are in power. Mind the republicans will be happy to take any credit for handouts that could come their way.
Steve Breen had a great comic on this the other day. . .too many of my fellow democrats want to apply the solutions of the past , of FDR. .. .the cartoon showed Biden painting himself as FDR. . . .
the need for more infrastructure spending I think is over-blown and is pushed by many who have no experience in the field.
we do need higher taxes, to pay back the covid relief spending and to get us to a more sustainable spending balance… ..and we need to cut the military heavily
And the Lord said, “The greatest miracle of all is that the unbridled spending is without consequence for you and your progeny. But your grandkids are really, really screwed.” #SpendItThenTaxIt #FreeMoney4All
You forgot to leave the bill Republicans left for our grandchildren, the collapse of civilization due to global warming, the extinction of 90% of life on this planet. The cost of mitigating this disaster will be in the hundreds of trillions thanks to republican lies.
Trump just gave us a $3.1 trillion deficit in 2020. Twice as large as the largest previous deficit in history. But NOW Ramirez is worried about deficits under Biden? LOL
Look, unlike tax cuts for big business and Very Rich People, the funds Biden are proposing to spend are investments with a substantial multiplier effect. The big Publican tax cuts had no effect on investment, not the tiniest blip; and anyhow 40% of US industrial assets are held by foreigners, and most of the windfall went to investors either directly or (as the result of companies buying back their stock) indirectly.
Besides, interest rates on borrowing are currently negative. The perfect time to borrow for improvement.
Cut the welfare for the wealthy, level out the tax system so that all income is taxed the same, and close those loopholes in corporations, especially inversions.
Did you see Trump set up recurrent billing for his donations and stole $3,000 from many people’s bank accounts.
How Trump Steered Supporters Into Unwitting Donations
Online donors were guided into weekly recurring contributions. Demands for refunds spiked. Complaints to banks and credit card companies soared. But the money helped keep Donald Trump’s struggling campaign afloat.
It was a big sum for a 63-year-old battling cancer and living in Kansas City on less than $1,000 per month. But that single contribution — federal records show it was his first ever — quickly multiplied. Another $500 was withdrawn the next day, then $500 the next week and every week through mid-October, without his knowledge — until Mr. Blatt’s bank account had been depleted and frozen. When his utility and rent payments bounced, he called his brother, Russell, for help.
What the Blatts soon discovered was $3,000 in withdrawals by the Trump campaign in less than 30 days. They called their bank and said they thought they were victims of fraud.
“It felt,” Russell said, “like it was a scam.”
But what the Blatts believed was duplicity was actually an intentional scheme to boost revenues by the Trump campaign and the for-profit company that processed its online donations, WinRed. Facing a cash crunch and getting badly outspent by the Democrats, the campaign had begun last September to set up recurring donations by default for online donors, for every week until the election.
It’s amazing how when Republicans are President running up the debt with illegal wars, unnecessary defense spending (when the Generals tell you they don’t need more tanks, listen to them), and austerity tax cuts, absolute silence from the likes of you. The Democrats always leave with less debt. Heck, we’d have no debt if W. Bush hadn’t felt the need to give his and his other rich friends huge tax cuts they did not need, nor deserve in the first place. Bill Clinton, who may have had his discretionary issues, was really, really good at math.
The $28 trillion gross federal debt includes debt held by the public as well as debt held by federal trust funds and other government accounts. This debt did NOT simply appear on the eve of Biden’s election. Do some research and stop feeding your readers BS, please. Lay the blame where it lies. Look into how much debt was incurred by the previous administration. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Republican candidate Donald Trump promised he would eliminate the nation’s debt in eight years.Instead, his budget estimates showed that he would actually add at least $8.3 trillion, increasing the U.S. debt to $28.5 trillion by 2025. However, the national debt may reach that figure much sooner. When President Trump took office in January 2017, the national debt stood at $19.9 trillion. In October 2020, the national debt reached a new high of $27 trillion. That’s an increase of almost 36% in less than four years. (The Balance.com) https://www.thebalance.com/trump-plans-to-reduce-national-debt-4114401
Patjade over 3 years ago
You certainly didn’t worry about the $Trillions in debt and deficit for the Tax Cut and Spend Scam, which did nothing for anyone except rich people and corporations, so why complain now? Oh yeah, Democrats in the White House and in Congress. #Hypocrite
Daeder over 3 years ago
“Deficits don’t matter”
—Dick Cheney
Pogostiks Premium Member over 3 years ago
You could always refuse these and then try and resuscitate everyone using magical thinking! Good luck!
baroden Premium Member over 3 years ago
And you’re OK with them paying the bill to give tax breaks to the top 1% so they could inflate stock prices through buybacks and reward investors with dividends? All that without re-investing in companies, creating new jobs (unemployment went up, remember?), or otherwise trickling down that money?
You’re a hypocrite like the rest of the GOP.
dnie1951 over 3 years ago
Ramirez = an American treasure
Ontman over 3 years ago
Ramirez = a waste of time.
fusilier over 3 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqvYOqB0LuE
fusilier
James 2:24
mourdac Premium Member over 3 years ago
As I said in another strip, the national debt increased $7 trillion under former President Trump and Congressional Republicans. I must have missed Mr. Ramirez’s strip about that ‘horror’.
Geezer over 3 years ago
Thanks to the magic of “shadow banning,” no one but me can see this comment.
cocavan11 over 3 years ago
What should astound us all is that there are so many people who believe Ramirez has a point and, for some reason, I suspect that those are the SAME people who, even now, claim that Covid-19 is no more dangerous than the common flu and that wearing an anti-Covid-19 mask is governmental violation of our inalienable right to infect everyone in our path.
Zebrastripes over 3 years ago
GOP= do as I say, NOT as I do!
Pathetic ignorant scammers
Brian G Premium Member over 3 years ago
As of the end of FY 2020, the debt was $26.9 trillion. In 4 years, The Rump added over 6 trillion to the total debt, most of which was done in an “Incredible” economy. His final budget for FY 2021 was to add another $1.5 trillion Not a peep from the right. “W” more than doubled the national debt in his 8 years, hid the war cost by keeping it off the books, and was in charge when the whole economy crashed into the great recession. Not a peep from the right (Until Obama had to spend his way out of it). Now it is Biden’s turn to clean up a mess from the pandemic and Trump’s refusal to take it seriously. Now it is Biden’s turn to get blamed for wanting to be fiscally responsible and raise revenue to pay the bills that the other party left. Yup, it seems a pattern here. Don’t it? It only seems to matter when there is a Democrat to blame.
Alberta Oil Premium Member over 3 years ago
This.. was as predictable as the rising sun.. deficits only matter when the democrats are in power. Mind the republicans will be happy to take any credit for handouts that could come their way.
cracker65 over 3 years ago
It only matters when democrats are in control. Hypocrisy is the GOP way.
codak over 3 years ago
Steve Breen had a great comic on this the other day. . .too many of my fellow democrats want to apply the solutions of the past , of FDR. .. .the cartoon showed Biden painting himself as FDR. . . .
the need for more infrastructure spending I think is over-blown and is pushed by many who have no experience in the field.
we do need higher taxes, to pay back the covid relief spending and to get us to a more sustainable spending balance… ..and we need to cut the military heavily
I Play One On TV over 3 years ago
Wow. Fixing stuff costs money. And fixing stuff that is really broken but really necessary costs a lot of money. Who knew? Thanks, Mr. Ramirez.
DCBakerEsq over 3 years ago
And the Lord said, “The greatest miracle of all is that the unbridled spending is without consequence for you and your progeny. But your grandkids are really, really screwed.” #SpendItThenTaxIt #FreeMoney4All
wildthing over 3 years ago
You forgot to leave the bill Republicans left for our grandchildren, the collapse of civilization due to global warming, the extinction of 90% of life on this planet. The cost of mitigating this disaster will be in the hundreds of trillions thanks to republican lies.
RussBowers over 3 years ago
One of those eggs holds Tio Taco Ramirez’ check for his daily spewing of biased drivel
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 3 years ago
Why this of all days? In the spirit of this day, I will hold off on my feelings in this subject and wish you all a Happy Easter.
MG over 3 years ago
If Socialism runs on high taxes, we now see how Capitalism runs on no taxes. Comprende? Don’t cry for me America.
Radish the wordsmith over 3 years ago
That’s because Republicans totally destroyed the USA over the last 4 years.
DonnyTwoScoops over 3 years ago
Trump just gave us a $3.1 trillion deficit in 2020. Twice as large as the largest previous deficit in history. But NOW Ramirez is worried about deficits under Biden? LOL
AndrewSihler over 3 years ago
Look, unlike tax cuts for big business and Very Rich People, the funds Biden are proposing to spend are investments with a substantial multiplier effect. The big Publican tax cuts had no effect on investment, not the tiniest blip; and anyhow 40% of US industrial assets are held by foreigners, and most of the windfall went to investors either directly or (as the result of companies buying back their stock) indirectly.
Besides, interest rates on borrowing are currently negative. The perfect time to borrow for improvement.
ferddo over 3 years ago
Of course, the fact that the Green New Deal has not been pushed by Biden, let alone signed into law, matters none to good fear spreaders like Ramirez…
VegaAlopex over 3 years ago
Cut the welfare for the wealthy, level out the tax system so that all income is taxed the same, and close those loopholes in corporations, especially inversions.
Radish the wordsmith over 3 years ago
Did you see Trump set up recurrent billing for his donations and stole $3,000 from many people’s bank accounts.
How Trump Steered Supporters Into Unwitting Donations
Online donors were guided into weekly recurring contributions. Demands for refunds spiked. Complaints to banks and credit card companies soared. But the money helped keep Donald Trump’s struggling campaign afloat.
It was a big sum for a 63-year-old battling cancer and living in Kansas City on less than $1,000 per month. But that single contribution — federal records show it was his first ever — quickly multiplied. Another $500 was withdrawn the next day, then $500 the next week and every week through mid-October, without his knowledge — until Mr. Blatt’s bank account had been depleted and frozen. When his utility and rent payments bounced, he called his brother, Russell, for help.
What the Blatts soon discovered was $3,000 in withdrawals by the Trump campaign in less than 30 days. They called their bank and said they thought they were victims of fraud.
“It felt,” Russell said, “like it was a scam.”
But what the Blatts believed was duplicity was actually an intentional scheme to boost revenues by the Trump campaign and the for-profit company that processed its online donations, WinRed. Facing a cash crunch and getting badly outspent by the Democrats, the campaign had begun last September to set up recurring donations by default for online donors, for every week until the election.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/us/politics/trump-donations.html
GiantShetlandPony over 3 years ago
It’s amazing how when Republicans are President running up the debt with illegal wars, unnecessary defense spending (when the Generals tell you they don’t need more tanks, listen to them), and austerity tax cuts, absolute silence from the likes of you. The Democrats always leave with less debt. Heck, we’d have no debt if W. Bush hadn’t felt the need to give his and his other rich friends huge tax cuts they did not need, nor deserve in the first place. Bill Clinton, who may have had his discretionary issues, was really, really good at math.
JenSolo02 over 3 years ago
At least the poor kids on the other side of the tracks weren’t evicted and had food on the table…
MartinPerry1 over 3 years ago
I’m wondering where Ramirez go the total from. Is he expecting the Republicans to get back into power?
david_42 over 3 years ago
Gee, the national Debt is important again! I wonder what changed Micheal?
grumpypophobart over 3 years ago
The $28 trillion gross federal debt includes debt held by the public as well as debt held by federal trust funds and other government accounts. This debt did NOT simply appear on the eve of Biden’s election. Do some research and stop feeding your readers BS, please. Lay the blame where it lies. Look into how much debt was incurred by the previous administration. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Republican candidate Donald Trump promised he would eliminate the nation’s debt in eight years.Instead, his budget estimates showed that he would actually add at least $8.3 trillion, increasing the U.S. debt to $28.5 trillion by 2025. However, the national debt may reach that figure much sooner. When President Trump took office in January 2017, the national debt stood at $19.9 trillion. In October 2020, the national debt reached a new high of $27 trillion. That’s an increase of almost 36% in less than four years. (The Balance.com) https://www.thebalance.com/trump-plans-to-reduce-national-debt-4114401