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Biden beats Trump in recent conservative poll

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‘The fiscal trajectory is not sustainable’: CBO warns about the highest debt in U.S. history as Trump adds $1.4 trillion to 10-year deficit

In its latest budget and economic outlook, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), a nonpartisan federal agency, revised its cumulative deficit projection for the 2026–2035 period upward by $1.4 trillion compared with its forecast from just a year ago.

“Our budget projections continue to indicate that the fiscal trajectory is not sustainable,” CBO Director Phillip Swagel said in a statement, noting the agency’s latest projections. Under laws passed in Trump’s first year back in office, the national debt in 2030 will surpass the historic high of 106% of GDP, which it reached in 1946. Meanwhile, the balance of Social Security’s Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund will be exhausted in 2032, one year earlier than the CBO projected last January.
Every time we want to reduce the federal budget in the last 16 years, the Democratic Party revolts against doing so.
 
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Every time we want to reduce the federal budget in the last 16 years, the Democratic Party revolts against doing so.
Every time Trump cuts taxes, he doesn't pay for it, leading to larger deficits.
 
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Every time Trump cuts taxes, he doesn't pay for it, leading to larger deficits.
The federal budget is put together and voted into law by Congress.
Every time tax rates are cut, the federal revenue increases. We don't have a revenue problem, but we do have a spending problem.
 
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The federal budget is put together and voted into law by Congress.
And what has the Republican majority done this year?

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Key findings from the February 2026 CBO report:
  • Deficit Outlook: The 2026 deficit of $1.9 trillion is roughly equal to 5.8% of GDP, which is historically high for a period with unemployment under 5%.
The U.S. federal budget deficit for fiscal year (FY) 2025 was
$1.8 trillion
 
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And what has the Republican majority done this year?

AI:

Key findings from the February 2026 CBO report:
  • Deficit Outlook: The 2026 deficit of $1.9 trillion is roughly equal to 5.8% of GDP, which is historically high for a period with unemployment under 5%.
The U.S. federal budget deficit for fiscal year (FY) 2025 was
$1.8 trillion
When was the last time the Democratic Party cut the federal budget?
 
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The federal budget is put together and voted into law by Congress.
Every time tax rates are cut, the federal revenue increases. We don't have a revenue problem, but we do have a spending problem.
That's not how tax cuts work. Less taxes = less revenue. With no changes in spending that results in deficits go up.
 
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It's Rasmussen. Their polls always favor the right as much as is possible while still being somewhat sensible.
Historically, Rasmussen skewed to the right because they depended on land lines for surveys. Either they have recently changed their methods, or republicans are in huge trouble. (Barbarian checks)

To reach those who have abandoned traditional landline telephones, Rasmussen Reports uses an online survey tool to interview randomly selected participants from a demographically diverse panel.
 
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Historically, Rasmussen skewed to the right because they depended on land lines for surveys. Either they have recently changed their methods, or republicans are in huge trouble. (Barbarian checks)

To reach those who have abandoned traditional landline telephones, Rasmussen Reports uses an online survey tool to interview randomly selected participants from a demographically diverse panel.
I think they are about as far right as possible while still being reliable, just like there are polling sites that skew to the left, but still deliver resonably high quality results. All polls have a margin of error and you have to look at several to get a good picture (and even then, elections often suprise pollsters).

But, with that being said, the republicans are in deep, deep trouble.
 
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That's not how tax cuts work. Less taxes = less revenue. With no changes in spending that results in deficits go up.
Supply-side economics is based on the premise that if you tax people less, they will work harder to get more money, and so the increase in GDP will overcome the loss from lower tax rates. This was actually tried in Kansas, with supply-side guru Arthur Laffer advising Gov. Brownback. The result wasn't pretty. Eventually, the republican-led state legislature staged an intervention and ended the debacle.
 
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What happens when they have to start giving that money back?
Did Tom Homan have to give back the $50,000 bribe he took as part of an FBI corruption case?
 
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Did Tom Homan have to give back the $50,000 bribe he took as part of an FBI corruption case?
Trump DOJ: "These aren't the droids we're looking for"
 
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Via illegally taxing Americans. Hooray!
What happens when they have to start giving that money back?
Nothing illegal at all to use tariffs that protect employees and American businesses from the very unfair trade policies of foreign countries and foreign businesses.
 
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Nothing illegal at all to use tariffs that protect employees and American businesses
American citizens pay the tariffs. There's a difference between "illegal" and "stupid."
 
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American citizens pay the tariffs. There's a difference between "illegal" and "stupid."
No. We don't pay the tariffs. Inflation is at less than 3%
 
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