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I'd wait for more reporting before declaring this gospel, but... -- Beerman 02/12/2018 3:05PM As David Brooks said on the NewsHour, -- HowieT3 02/12/2018 2:52PM He also noted that the party in opposition tends to be much more concerned -- hoolstoptheheels 02/12/2018 3:11PM Ouch ** -- Quaker 02/12/2018 3:07PM Unfortunately, that is very accurate. ** -- HoosWillWin 02/12/2018 2:55PM Nobody has ever had fiscal responsibility. Rs just pretended very loudly ** -- WahooMatt05 02/12/2018 2:32PM Bills never come due. ** -- ConnHoo 02/12/2018 7:42PM Not really true, tbh. "Fiscal responsibility" just means a general -- WahooRQ 02/12/2018 2:44PM At the end of Obama's term, there was no talk of 'balancing the budget' -- WahooMatt05 02/12/2018 2:52PM Simpson-Bowles was quickly shelved, without protest from either side. ** -- 81_Hokie 02/12/2018 6:34PM I am very much in agreement. ** -- Shenhoo 02/12/2018 3:49PM Being responsible doesn't require a balanced budget - in fact, insisting on -- WahooRQ 02/12/2018 3:14PM It did start to tick down a bit, probably driven in part by the debt -- Seattle .Hoo 02/12/2018 3:12PM Overlooked is that the deficit pre-Trump had turned and was heading back up -- Stimp 02/12/2018 4:03PM Interest rates ticking up had a lot to do with that and will be more of a -- WahooRQ 02/12/2018 4:26PM It did go up for FY16 and 17 which Obama owns. And the GOP Congress, too. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/12/2018 4:15PM I assume you watched the Unabomber series, also? ** -- WahooMatt05 02/12/2018 3:49PM No, should I? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 02/12/2018 4:13PM Oh, wow. I just never heard the 'eat your cake' phrase that way -- WahooMatt05 02/12/2018 4:21PM Well I'm not really the anarchist type. :) But somebody told me years ago -- Seattle .Hoo 02/12/2018 5:25PM Where's the Tea Party? They are more racist than fiscal conservative ** -- hokeyhokie 02/12/2018 2:17PM Not sure...ask these folks (link pic) -- Tuckahokie 02/12/2018 2:31PM Always were. Their charade was transparent enough when their "rallies" -- WahooRQ 02/12/2018 2:28PM They got their tax cuts. You expected something different? -- Beerman 02/12/2018 2:14PM Deficit hawks hibernate during GOP administrations ** -- hokeyhokie 02/12/2018 2:09PM They are just replaced by Democrats...rinse, repeat ** -- HokieDan95 02/12/2018 2:12PM Indisputably, imo. ** -- Shenhoo 02/12/2018 5:02PM No, they'll come out chirping loudly for the next Dem President ** -- hokeyhokie 02/12/2018 2:13PM No D's raged about Reagan's deficits and W's and were pretty calm when O -- HokieDan95 02/12/2018 2:32PM Really? This trope again? Spending during the worst recession in a couple -- Seattle .Hoo 02/12/2018 2:58PM Dumb dumb hoakie should look up who bailed out the banks and who set the -- WahooRQ 02/12/2018 3:04PM I'm used to you bringing stupid to the conversation but at least take the -- HokieDan95 02/12/2018 4:26PM Dear dumb hoakie: who approved the budget with a $1.4 trillion annual -- WahooRQ 02/12/2018 4:32PM Dear stupid unhinged hoo, i know W spent like a champ but that's beside the -- HokieDan95 02/13/2018 10:57AM Your post claimed Obama doubled the debt through a "stimulus that never -- WahooRQ 02/13/2018 11:10AM Holy shit..can you even read? -- HokieDan95 02/13/2018 11:55AM The signed budget anticipated ($400b) deficit. -- Stimp 02/12/2018 7:42PM The Bush administration always asked for "off budget" money for the -- Shenhoo 02/13/2018 07:04AM Final CBO came in a month before Obama took office. Including TARP, -- WahooRQ 02/12/2018 8:09PM Deficits to some extent were inevitable and desirable in Obama’s term -- KCHoo 02/12/2018 2:40PM