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kentuck

(115,660 posts) Thu May 21, 2026, 11:57 AM Thursday

For the first time since the end of WWII, our national debt is more than our GDP... [View all]

Thanks to Donald Trump, the King of Debt.

When he is finished, he may have run up more debt than all the other Presidents combined?

What happened to the Party of fiscal conservatism? They are certainly not in Washington.

Republicans have long believed that if they run up enough debt on nonsense and boondoggles, then there will be nothing left for the Democrats to spend money on?

For example, they are asking for $1.5 trillion dollars for next years defense budget.

That isn't much... if you say it real fast.

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For the first time since the end of WWII, our national debt is more than our GDP... [View all] kentuck Thursday OP

we will not be able to raise the capital to fix all of his horse shit. rampartd Thursday #1

Whoa! Traildogbob Thursday #2

The Party of Fiscal Responsibility is now the Party of Looters and Drunken Whores dalton99a Thursday #3

And we can thank the "Fiscal Responsible Party for this". republianmushroom Thursday #4

Total US public national debt actually exceeded the US GDP starting in Q4 2012, not a few days ago. Celerity Thursday #5

Congress is just as responsibl MichMan Thursday #6