• Brave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Your dude wants to literally abolish the Department of Education, and your contribution is calling us fat.

    Say one thing about the right, they sure know their electorate.

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      2 months ago

      The department of education is mostly just a pass through agency. Standards are set by the states. It doesn’t take 4000 employees to divy up funding.

      • redut_nl@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org
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        2 months ago

        Default respond to any cost saving by the left is “nooooo”. This makes them highly irresponsible. Glad they are not in charge anymore in the US.

        Now change the EU. We’re still f#cked.

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          2 months ago

          The budget Deficit has increased under Republicans and decreased under Democrats consistently for decades.

          How you can still think Republicans save you money is beyond insane. No child left behind really did a number on the populace.

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            2 months ago

            The budget Deficit has increased under Republicans and decreased under Democrats consistently for decades.

            Trump R -$6.612 trillion

            Obama D -$6.781 trillion

            Bush R -$3.293 trillion

            Clinton D +$63 billion

            Bush R -$1.036 trillion

            Reagan R -$1.412 trillion

            Carter D -$253 billion

            Ford R -$181 billion

            Nixon R -$70 billion

            Johnson D -$36 billion

            Kennedy D -$18 billion

            Eisenhower R -$15 billion

            Truman D -$5 billion

            Roosevelt D -$194 billion

            Hoover R -$5 billion

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              Is like to point out that most of Obama’s increase in budget was pushed through under Bush (because budgets are passed the prior year). And he brought it down from that starting point over his two terms. Trump immediately jacked it back up from what he inherited, and Biden decreased it again.

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                2 months ago

                You can make excuses for every president it’s always the guy before them, but the numbers don’t show a decline in deficit for Democrat presidents.

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                  2 months ago

                  Oh yeah, the party of fiscal responsibility who is now trying to pass a progressive 4,5 billions tax cut for the wealthiest part of society. Who knows when these missing funds for the government will show up in its administrative books???

                  You must be so wise in the way of the finances, please (not) teach us master