A picture puts blame for the national debt where it belongs

[Fantine]

So why is the party most responsible for the problem now threatening to shut down the government rather than taking responsibility for the debts primarily incurred under the administrations of their presidents?

 

[Mark Quayle]

So why is the party most responsible for the problem now threatening to shut down the government rather than taking responsibility for the debts primarily incurred under the administrations of their presidents?



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Not exactly. You left out inflation.

These numbers are a bit misleading as to the overall picture.

 

[Hazelelponi]

I have to give some credit to Biden for finally getting egg prices back down where the price belongs..

But that's it. That so far is my kudos to the Dems.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

So why is the party most responsible for the problem now threatening to shut down the government rather than taking responsibility for the debts primarily incurred under the administrations of their presidents?



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Really? Spending rose by 47% under Trump? Wow! Pandemic? The closest spending spree is 17% by Biden.

 

[d taylor]

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I do not see a difference between democrats and republicans, they are both contributing to this country's problems. Along with the media, corporations and hollywood and its celebrities.

 

[Fantine]

Really? Spending rose by 47% under Trump? Wow! Pandemic? The closest spending spree is 17% by Biden.

You must be reading a chart from what Kellyanne Conway used to call "alternative facts."

In his two years as President, Biden's budget rose by 4% (first year) and fell by 8% (second year.) That averages out to a 4% reduction overall...and the deficit was reduced by 50%!!! last year.

I guess being a nose-to-the-grindstone train riding legislator for most of one's life makes one a better budgeter than being a "businessman" with numerous bankruptcies (and actually that describes George W. Bush as well, perhaps with a few less bankruptcies.)