Propaganda Debunking

The Mouth

(3,307 posts) Wed May 24, 2023, 02:42 PM May 2023

Help me debunk the con's claim that they are

only asking for the same budgetary amount as in 2022.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3958661-house-gops-long-awaited-debt-limit-bill-features-1-5t-increase/

Thank you in advance.

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Help me debunk the con's claim that they are (Original Post) The Mouth May 2023 OP

One, it's not "the budget" that is at issue. ret5hd May 2023 #1

Please elaborate The Mouth May 2023 #4

The issue is paying for "the budget" ... ret5hd May 2023 #6

1% growth over 10 years? underpants May 2023 #2

1% a year as I read it The Mouth May 2023 #5

If you ran up $10,000 more this year than last, vanlassie May 2023 #3

ret5hd

(21,320 posts)

1. One, it's not "the budget" that is at issue.

Reply to The Mouth (Original post)

Wed May 24, 2023, 02:46 PM

May 2023

The Mouth

(3,307 posts)

4. Please elaborate

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #1)

Wed May 24, 2023, 03:33 PM

May 2023

Thanks.

Trying to refute what some cons are saying in a FB group.

ret5hd

(21,320 posts)

6. The issue is paying for "the budget" ...

Reply to The Mouth (Reply #4)

Wed May 24, 2023, 06:03 PM

May 2023

and expenses that has already been approved.

underpants

(187,419 posts)

2. 1% growth over 10 years?

Reply to The Mouth (Original post)

Wed May 24, 2023, 02:50 PM

May 2023

Things cost more. People get raises.

Wasn’t inflation THE issue just 6 months ago?

The Mouth

(3,307 posts)

5. 1% a year as I read it

Reply to underpants (Reply #2)

Wed May 24, 2023, 03:33 PM

May 2023

Better than some jobs have been doing

vanlassie

(5,900 posts)

3. If you ran up $10,000 more this year than last,

Reply to The Mouth (Original post)

Wed May 24, 2023, 02:52 PM

May 2023

on your VISA card, do you think you can tell the bank “I just want to pay you what I paid last year?

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