Skewering of Leftist Economic "Conventional Wisdom"

[whell]

Originally Posted by finnbow

They are indeed and they were either untouched by this package or Trump promised to leave them untouched.

Untrue. Remember this from earlier in 2017. The House keeps kicking a budget deal down the road, so we've not gotten to the spending part yet.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...t-details.html

So, more to come on the spending side of the equation.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

Untrue. Remember this from earlier in 2017. The House keeps kicking a budget deal down the road, so we've not gotten to the spending part yet.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...t-details.html

So, more to come on the spending side of the equation.

Are you saying it is untrue that Trump promised not to touch Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare? Here are some facts, though facts might make your head explode.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...cuts-medicare/

[whell]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Are you saying it is untrue that Trump promised not to touch Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare? Here are some facts, though facts might make your head explode.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...cuts-medicare/

No, that's not what I'm saying. Of course you would know that if you looked at what I linked to. One does not have to mess with entitlements to reduce federal spending. Addressing the growth of entitlement spending should be looked at as well.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

One does not have to mess with entitlements to reduce federal spending. Addressing the growth of entitlement spending should be looked at as well.

So, curtailing the growth of entitlement spending is not messing with entitlement spending? Who knew? I guess that makes perfect sense to the dying sparks of sputtering synapses inside your head.

[ZeroJunk]

It is pretty telling that as soon as the community organizer disappeared the economy took off. The only way around it is somewhere in the cloud of the lefty mind.

[Chicks]

Originally Posted by ZeroJunk

It is pretty telling that as soon as the community organizer disappeared the economy took off. The only way around it is somewhere in the cloud of the lefty mind.

The economy has been doing quite well since Obama inherited the Republican caused meltdown. It has finally fully recovered, thanks to Obama era regulations on Wall Street causing a restoration of trust.

[ZeroJunk]

Originally Posted by Chicks

The economy has been doing quite well since Obama inherited the Republican caused meltdown. It has finally fully recovered, thanks to Obama era regulations on Wall Street causing a restoration of trust.

La La Land

[nailer]

Originally Posted by finnbow

So, curtailing the growth of entitlement spending is not messing with entitlement spending? Who knew? I guess that makes perfect sense to the dying sparks of sputtering synapses inside your head.

So you're for unlimited growth in entitlement spending?

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

No, that's not what I'm saying. Of course you would know that if you looked at what I linked to. One does not have to mess with entitlements to reduce federal spending. Addressing the growth of entitlement spending should be looked at as well.

Ryan has long wanted to enact reforms to entitlement programs — which usually takes the form of cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. But at an event in Wisconsin on Friday, he said entitlements wouldn't be addressed by Congress this year.

"I don’t see us tackling it this year," Ryan said.

https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...2018/23332196/