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Old 06-11-2018, 03:21 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by Jim in CT View Post
Obama added more to the debt than anyone before. Conservatives said it was terrible, liberals were not concerned.
Most of that was inherited from Bush and some the result of Obama tax cuts. Obama did a good job of reducing the deficit and as a percentage of debt increase was better than Bush 43 or Reagan.

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Here's the difference...Trump is putting money in the pockets of huge numbers of Americans. Obama never came close to doing that.
You keep saying that but is it true? Impact of the tax cuts to average workers is pretty small and has to be offset with increases in household spending from health care, inflation etc...
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