Improve the country? Maybe, in the short term. But there's a huge and rapidly growing budg

et deficit, largely due to Republican tax cuts and Trump's massive increase in military spending. This is what the Republicans do these days, since Reagan, - borrow and spend because the USA is too big to fail. A contrast with our own right wing party.

Posted By: Higher Wrather on November 7th 2018 at 10:54:23

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As results firm up over the pond, interesting piece from Danny Finkelstein this morning (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 7, 08:12:42
- Good article (n/m) (General Chat) - John in Texas, Nov 7, 13:43:11
- It is worth noting (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Nov 7, 10:05:54
  - Improve the country? Maybe, in the short term. But there's a huge and rapidly growing budg (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Nov 7, 10:54:23
    - Yes it's going up (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Nov 7, 12:55:56
      - A lot more complicated than that (General Chat) - Tressells Broadbrush, Nov 7, 13:26:00
        
        Fair enough (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Nov 7, 13:49:25
        
        So, that was a bit snide from me... (General Chat) - atlcanary, Nov 7, 14:31:44
        
        That's something I can agree on (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Nov 7, 15:19:35
        
        Which part of the States is Basingstokevin again? (n/m) (General Chat) - atlcanary, Nov 7, 14:25:24
        
        Delaware (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Nov 7, 15:22:01
    - They want to slash welfare programmes (General Chat) - mr carra, Nov 7, 11:26:14
      - Interesting summary here... (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Nov 7, 12:22:47
        
        As it reads. (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Nov 7, 13:16:19
        
        "compared with the Bush era" - that's when it ballooned, to pay for W's war (a GOP enter (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Nov 7, 15:22:36
        
        And if they cut the budget by 1% or 250bil? (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Nov 7, 15:24:37
        
        Has the trillions spent since 2003 made the world safer? (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Nov 7, 16:05:15
        
        or indeed since the Bush Snr Iraq war? (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Nov 7, 16:08:30
        
        Just one point (General Chat) - John in Texas, Nov 7, 13:46:06
        
        Apologies (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Nov 7, 14:02:30
  - It would be good for both us and the US (General Chat) - Basingstoke_Canary_J, Nov 7, 10:07:19
    - Spot on. Unfortunately the world gets more tribal by (General Chat) - SeattleSounders, Nov 7, 13:55:25
- That's excellent, thanks OM. Do you have a link? (n/m) (General Chat) - Dunney, Nov 7, 09:18:15
- Can you elaborate on that please ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Nov 7, 08:17:23

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