What utter horseshit is this sentence. Biden himself has some skinny version of the green new deal he talked about. If you think Democrats are going to raise more money to pay down debt instead of funding & expanding various social programs & other spending initiatives then you really haven't been following politics at all.

This post was edited by ofthevoid on Oct 11 2020 08:45am

belief in trickle down economics still exist today?

He's always been a pragmatist.

Bruh I'm eating rn

Neither do the Republicans. Fiscal conservatism died a long time ago. I actually worry that it was ALWAYS bullshit but that's a topic for another time.

If I had to come up analogies, it would be the following: a true fiscal conservative is the father who works a good job and does everything he can to live within his means. The modern conservative is a drunk asshole who keeps losing his job and then racks up credit card debt. The AOCs are willing to buy a million dollar home with a credit card while working as a strawberry picker. The standard Democrat is racking up credit card debt to improve the value of his home with questionable efficacy.

You say drunk with a large 401k like its a bad thing.

Republicans have added more to the debt than Democrats by a substantial margin. They are criminally negligent with our future.

Until Democrats get into office again then it’s “fiscal conservatism” all over again

Country is broken

That's an incredibly flawed metric since it cannot account for policies with long-term effects, nor can it factor in non-political explanations.

For example, it was the hawkish - and yes, expensive - policies of Reagan which brought the Soviet Union to its knees and ended the Cold War, which in turn enabled Clinton to reap the 'freedom dividend' during the 90s. Similarly, Clinton was simply lucky to preside over the decade during which the boomers, the largest generation in American history, entered their peak earning years. In the same vein, GWB has not contributed a lot to the financial crisis of 2008, the blame has to mostly fall on Reagan and Clinton who are responsible for the bulk of financial market deregulation. And last but not least, Trump or Biden will preside over huge deficits in the aftermath of the corona recession, with neither of them being at fault.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Oct 12 2020 03:50am

ya that's cool and all but if Trump had unilateral power he'd spend literal billions on a wall that wouldnt stop illegal immigration.