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Run up a trillion dollars in debt? especially in a time when the economy didnt need stimulus. now were about to go into the economy that does need stimulus and we cant afford to do things like that. so it comes down to the question at this table -- this table has asked so many times before, who are we? we say who are we as a nation, but were you get to that you need to talk about the primaries or republicans will have to say to themselves early one morning, they have to look in the mirror and dr...

Spending limits by $320 billion while suspending the debt ceiling until after the 2020 election. what does that mean? it means the profligate spending is protected. how convenient. federal discretionary spending is now growing faster than it was under the obama administration. when you combine huge spending and reduced tax revenue thanks to the trump tax cut, what do you get? a fat deficit approaching $1 trillion up from 779 billion last year. the national debt to mr. trumps then citizen trumps ...

Reduced tax revenue thanks to the tax cut. a fat deficit approaching $1 trillion up from 779 billion last year. the national debt to mr. trumps citizen trumps point. 22 trillion earlier this year up from 19 trillion. when he took office. the tax cut will spark business. and if you just give it time the numbers will come back down. thats what they told you that was fiction. fiscal year 2018 individual tax revenue fell 2%. corporations down 22%. the corporate shortfall is more money than all taxes...

Went down. for the second year in a row, the u.s. treasury will have to borrow at least $1 trillion to pay for the growing budget deficit. why is the deficit growing? the government spends more than it takes in. it increased the deficit by $300 billion. the u.s. deficit rose 17% to $779 billion last year. the highest since 2012. the u.s. treasury is borrowing to make up that shortfall. the highest borrowing since 2010 and a sharp spike from the $546 billion it borrowed in 2017. dont forget, th...

All right. for the second year in a row, the u.s. treasury will have to borrow $1 trillion to pay for the growing budget deficit. why is the deficit growing? well, the government spends more than it takes in. a lot more. the u.s. deficit rose 17% to $779 billion in 2018, the highest level since 2012. so the u.s. treasury department is borrowing more to make up that short fall. the treasury borrowed $4.3 trillion. and a spike from the $546 billion it borrowed in 2016. the u.s. is currently waging...

Ago saying that 47% of americans blame the president for the shutdown and 33% blame the democrats. i think that that gap is just going to continue to grow. and you know, again, charlie dent just said it. if youre the party making the demand, you are the party that usually loses. just look back to what happened one year ago when democrats were saying were going to shut down the government until we get a fix for dreamers. and they didnt get anything. they folded and they looked like fools. and lik...

Just put a poll up a few minutes ago saying that 47% of americans blame the president for the shutdown and 33% blame the democrats. i think that that gap is just going to continue to grow. and you know, again, charlie dent just said it. if youre the party making the demand, you are the party that usually loses. just look back to what happened one year ago when democrats were saying were going to shut down the government until we get a fix for dreamers. and they didnt get anything. they folded an...

>> if you take a look at the chart, the red tidal wave of debt. sean, this is the most predictable economic crisis. >> ryans solution, of course, was to dramatically cut medicare, medicaid, social security. he never succeeded. once there was a republican back in the white house, so weird he became a lot less worried about the deficit and debt. as speaker he passed spending bills he didnt pay for, pushed through tax cut and the cbo added 1.9 trillion dollars to the debt. when ryan became speaker ...

779 billion. next year thanks in large part to paul ryan and his party its expected to hit 1 trillion. joining me to discuss ryans legacy, charlie pierce and direct from ryans home state, ruth coniff, editor of the progressive magazine. let me start with you, ruth. paul ryan crafted this image in d.c. as a kind of wonk, the rare wonk, the person who really genuinely believed in what he was doing. i wonder what his reputation was like in wisconsin and what is he going back to? >> thats a really g...

Capital research has found that 1,000 of the largest public companies have cut employment, eliminating nearly 140,000 jobs. if that were not enough, the gops plan is not paying for itself as republicans assured americans it would. the federal budget deficit rose to $779 billion in the 2018 fiscal year that ended in september. that is a 17% increase from last year. now, were still waiting on that plan from republicans for a tax cut for the middle class. lawmakers are back on the hill today, and d...