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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCBO Score for Trump bill: will add $3.3 trillion to deficit
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-tax-bill-advances-senate-112106999.htmlIf deficits dont matter, why are we paying any taxes, or cutting any spending?
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CBO Score for Trump bill: will add $3.3 trillion to deficit (Original Post)
WSHazel
Jun 29
OP
Proving their lie that they have to cut needed services to lower the deficit
Attilatheblond
Jun 29
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Attilatheblond
(6,643 posts)1. Proving their lie that they have to cut needed services to lower the deficit
Now, will MSM show the reality? I figure it is mostly up to us to get the facts out there.
Swede
(36,728 posts)2. $3,300,000,000,000.
That's a lot.
If deficits dont matter, why dont we have Medicare for all?
creeksneakers2
(7,706 posts)3. They always report what it will ADD
And fail to mention that's on top of what the deficit will be already. It $1.9 trillion this year. Some of that would disappear if the bill didn't pass but much of it would remain. We are actually going to add far far more to the debt.
B.See
(5,834 posts)5. Deficits only matter when a Democrat is in the WH.
ProfessorGAC
(73,557 posts)6. Oddly Worded
Yes, it causes an increase to yearly deficits, but the $3.3 trillion is cumulative, so I think it would make more sense to say it adds $3.3 trillion in debt.
Either way, it's a rotten bill.