01-03-2019, 02:46 PM
(01-03-2019, 02:27 PM)Rootilda Wrote: Thanks HotD, that's the first time that's happened. That was actually a screen shot I had saved and loaded to imgur so I have no idea what the problem was.
Ah, I see.
I have terrible luck getting tweets to show up unless they're already saved as an image or embedded in the text of a news story (then I can just copy and they show up fine).
Anyway, our national debt is careening out of control very quickly and severely under Trump. I'm glad Ryan is out the door and the House is now controlled by Democrats.
Ryan and McConnell always wanted to cut the debt by cutting people's health care, entitlements and social security. I don't want to see that happen because it's wrong and fucked up, in my opinion.
The Republicans reduced tax revenue significantly, in a manner which primarily benefited the wealthy. Then, they increased government/military spending substantially. Of course the debt ballooned -- the results were predictable, but the self-proclaimed "fiscal conservatives" did it anyway.
Anyhow, I hope Trump keeps his campaign commitment to leave entitlements and social security alone. I believe he probably will (at least through 2020) -- people in rural areas, a large portion of his base, would be among the hardest hit if such programs were cut.