Reagan’s massive military spending frustrated the Soviet ability to keep up. If you can’t beat them sue for a peaceful coexistence. Brought about Perestroika. Also led to the unification of Germany.
Sorry Fuzzy but the claim that tax cuts reduced federal revenues has been unequivocally debunked by data from the Congressional Budget Office and the US Treasury Department. I’ve already shared the CBO data that shows spending and tax receipts as percentage of GDP. Here is the federal revenue shown in inflation-adjusted dollars.
So you're saying there was no debt back in the 1970's? The 17% of GDP covered the governments spending levels in the 1970's and as such should be sufficient to cover the cost of Government today.
So you agreed with Reagan's spending, but not Bidens, then say Biden never took the "peace through strength " class but yet still blame Biden.....
Reagan spent mostly on upgrading our military defense. I wish Biden would lobby congress for a substantial increase in our defense budget.
I absolutely love that members have been adding to their posts and saying across threads that you are a traitor because it’s true.
You just claimed he was spending too much in Ukraine. You claimed you taxes are too high and government needs to reign in spending. Do you even remember what you're posting about?
Ding ding! Fuzzy might be catching on. The 17% of GDP in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s is being outpaced by spending. Spending has been averaging 21% of GDP. That’s been a problem that spiked under Trump with the onset of Covid, began retreating but never got back to its 21% historic average, and is now heading to 25%. The US has a spending problem that’s getting worse. The left wants to spend even more and take a greater share of GDP to pay for it.
No you missed the question. 17% of GDP was still short of the spending in the 1970's. Or I'm sure you can show me the balanced budget's or the surpluses?
You’re a certified fucking idiot. Spending on Ukrainian defense is not increasing or improving our defense posture. Stop being argumentative. I have no problem paying a little more in taxes towards our own military. I have a problem with all the other crap we spend foolishly on. Paying off college debt, supporting illegal migrants, subsidizing green energy, treadmills for shrimp. Bridges to nowhere and thousands of other wasteful projects.
lol, thanks for confirming you're just an old man standing on the lawn yelling about the "gripe" of the moment.
You can call me traitor all you want, obviously you don’t have a clue to its meaning. I served my country and that give me just as much a right to my opinion as you. You fake contrarians call me a traitor but never provide any reasons for your assertions. The only thing consistent with you belligerents is that anyone who disagrees with your Marxist ideology and beliefs is a traitor.I absolutely love that members have been adding to their posts and saying across threads that you are a traitor because it’s true.
Still, because you’re an overachiever, you make sure to constantly remind people that you’re clueless about America as well.
Tell us where the vast amount of our tax dollars go?
You are one special kind of stupid.
Are you ever going to return to your vanity thread and answer the question?
Not to mention, on his other hand, the war in Ukraine was Biden's fault, since he was not threatening enough to Russia in someway or the other.
It was enough in 75 and several years in the late 90s and early 2000s. We have had a long term spending problem for the better part of 50 years and in the post-Covid era has gotten worse. The CBO and other government agencies use this benchmark because it measures our national output of goods and services. The amount the government collects and spends is intricately relevant to what the nation produces.
I could even further extrapolate on how if Trump had been elected, he would have prevented the invasion.
And, after a little, while Putin would need more
Wow a couple outliers, what's that 4 out of 50 budget years!!
The US doesn't have a spending problem, this is what drives me nuts, and show's me you're a simpleton about how governments work, and fund and spend. The problem you have had is trying to balancing Government spending vs the taxes the Government takes in. That is the fucking problem learn it, or shut up about it.
True, and for the purpose of growth it's measures well.
I'm not disagreeing with this. That is another of your short vision.
You’re a bigger idiot than FUZZYNUTS. I’ve written in the past that either go all in or get the fuck out. Half ass measures without an exit strategy is fool hardy. Biden’s foreign policies are just short of insanity. He bailed on Israel, he’s tried to dictate how Ukraine should fight its war, his pulled out of Afghanistan was a total global embarrassment, he’s failed to eliminate the Houthis, he’s funding Iran and it’s proxies. He’s failed to insist Ukraine negotiate a peace settlement with Putin.
Correct. I oppose increasing the government’s share of what we produce. I prefer bringing the scope of government in line with the 17% historic revenue norm. I certainly don’t want to take the route of raising the federal government’s slice of the pie to 25% or more which is the current trajectory.
