10-22-2018, 11:42 AM
(10-21-2018, 10:42 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(10-21-2018, 10:15 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: Since when has debt been a major issue for the Democrats to address?
Since Reagan, at least. For as long as borrow and spend has been going crazy.
Grant you, the Democrats were once more into Keynes, borrow in bad times, balance in good, while the Republicans for a time leaned towards balance always. That was before Reagan, however.
Republican debt creation fits into their overall goal of taking away spending for social programs to help poor non-white people. If all of our tax money goes to debt service, then social spending can be reduced to fit inside a bathtub, as Reagan's associates described it.