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Originally Posted by finnbow
The primary problem is that Democrats and a large part of the public see your (and the GOP) argument as being made in bad faith that cannot and should not be rewarded with good faith negotiations. Your party has no genuine interest in deficit/debt reduction, but want it as an issue for curtailing social programs advanced by the Democratic Party and broadly supported by the American people.
The GOP took no action during the Trump presidency other than making the deficit worse with their tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy. Similarly, Dubya trashed Clinton's success on the deficit with his tax cuts. The only fiscal action that Republicans universally support are tax cuts and these tax cuts have themselves been significant drivers in increasing the debt/deficit, yet they demand that Democrats and lower and middle-class Americans pay for them. IOW, the Republicans are not a party serious about governance.
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First, I'm not a registered Republican, so they're not "my party".
Second, you bitch about Republicans, with some justification. But NEITHER party has shown any inclination toward fiscal responsibility. You can go from Bush II, to Obama, to Trump and then to Biden, and fiscal discipline is nowhere to be found.
I asked you earlier, and I'll ask again: are there any Dems in the Senate, or the House for that matter, that would support - when it matters, with votes - for a logical plan for balancing the budget for the long haul?