• dan1101@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    And soon we will hear loud cries about how high the federal deficit suddenly mysteriously got, and how the Democrats should fix it.

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      10 hours ago

      Not even calls to fix it, because they wouldn’t want to even imply their opponents could. Instead it will once again be a way to frame opposition to spending on programs that are positioned to improve lives, or to distract, with it being a “more important” topic than whatever initiative is being floated.

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        7 hours ago

        And above all, absolutely zero acknowledgement that it was actually the Republicans who blew up the budget on wars and ICE gestapo and blatant corruption, while attempting to deflect all blame to the Democrats instead.