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I recall being a younger teenager, reading the newspaper and seeing

deficits of around 40B and thinking that was bad. So to answer your question, about 45 years.
You would have seen me post repeatedly under Obama, especially when he shelved Simpson-Bowles. We are currently doing something new. trillion dollar deficits in a booming economy is effing criminal. Trump, McConnell et al should be impeached for that.

But yours was not a serious question. As is typical with you guys it's deflection, changing the subject, what about, Etc. It's not actually defending what your asshat of a president is doing.

[Post edited by 81_Hokie at 11/26/2018 07:15AM]

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Posted: 11/26/2018 at 06:34AM

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