The party of "fiscal responsibilty" ???
Pivot to the future in these trying times.
Assume that President Biden, despite support from the strongly Democrat-controlled House, and narrow support thanks to Vice-President Warren’s votes from the 50-50 split Senate, is attempting to forge a positive path forward for our nation, and repair the damage left by the Trump administration as well as the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trillions dollars of bailout funds from several bills passed in 2019 by large bicameral majorities were absolutely essential.
The slumbering budget deficit scolds from the Obama years will (unfortunately) rapidly re-awaken.
History strongly supports that Republicans increase deficits while in power. Trump never cared about deficits, just as he never cared about his own business debts and foreclosures.
Is it truly the duty of Democrats to fix this mess? There are strong arguments that large deficits matter little, especially with global economic contraction and low inflation and low interest rates.
Deficit scolds are too numerous to mention. In addition to the multiple Koch-supported groups, several ex-politicos come to mind. Paul Ryan & Eric Cantor are two examples. Current politicos are numerous, with Tea Party/Freedom Caucus members well-represented. Mick Mulvaney, Jim Jordan, & Mark Meadows are three such hypocritical examples.
The most dangerous scold is Mitch McConnell, (unfortunately) narrowly re-elected, and eager to wield his filibuster knife in the Senate. His first such move is to filibuster the repeal of the Trump tax-cut scam. His next is to filibuster passage of H.R. 1, introduced 1/3/2019 in the Senate, and forced to languish under his own control. H.R. 1 would address many voting, campaign finance, and ethical concerns.
The time to repeal the filibuster as recently abused, has arrived. Despite the risks of such repeal, our country cannot be paralyzed by more Republican minority leader (such as McConnell)-driven legislative gridlock.,
True deficit hawks are pretty rare.
The more common deficit scolds are basically Hypocritical jerks.
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