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Quanto Magnus

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50. This has been a strategy since Reagan

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 01:35 PM

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run up the debt while in power, whine and cry about the debt when not in power and to stymy any progressive legislation. If the Democrats have to fix the mess the Guardians of Pedophiles created, they will not have the time or resources to pass legislation they were elected to pass.

Rinse
Repeat

Trump is just taking this philosophy to it's more ridiculous extreme.

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The overwhelming National debt is on purpose. [View all] Buddyzbuddy Tuesday OP

Yes, it is overwhelming but these billionaires need productivity of others to feed their greed and that is why their in2herbs Tuesday #1

"billionaires need productivity of others" Intractable Tuesday #7

The data suggests otherwise. .... littlemissmartypants Tuesday #19

So, they are cutting jobs based on the potential impact of future AI. Intractable Yesterday #36

Whoa, cowboy. Nobody is trying to correct anyone. ... littlemissmartypants Yesterday #38

There will be no billionaires without customers and workers. CBHagman Yesterday #51

So, you are saying there are no billionaires now? Intractable Yesterday #56

they are counting on a bubble and the inevitable privatize profits and socialize losses JT45242 Yesterday #52

Fewer workers, Mme. Defarge Yesterday #40

Trump Tax Cuts and BBB created a hole in the budget. bucolic_frolic Tuesday #2

Transfer of funds lame54 Tuesday #3

They've been doing this for 50 years. Ramped it up hard after 9/11 when nobody was looking n/t Cheezoholic Tuesday #4

That's the Bain Capital / Blackrock / vulture capitalist model. Bleed them till they're dry erronis Tuesday #5

firmly capitalist rampartd Yesterday #33

And behind it all popsdenver Yesterday #58

i had thought we were evolving into corporate feudalism rampartd Yesterday #59

And if Democrats win in 26 and/or 28, they will start pointing at it ms liberty Tuesday #6

K&R Auggie Tuesday #8

nothing a return to 90% top tax rate can't fix JMCKUSICK Tuesday #9

I'd be in favor of MUCH more than just that...but its a mandatory first step. Moostache Yesterday #47

The best time to tax a rich peop is after their death questionseverything Yesterday #54

The Two Santa Claus Theory Just Jerome Tuesday #10

Agreed. Completely sickening and evil LymphocyteLover Tuesday #11

They won't be held accountable. They will leave the country. 1WorldHope Tuesday #12

No apologies needed. Wednesdays Tuesday #29

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this is what capitalism does. BlueTsunami2018 Tuesday #13

They want to privatize every-thing Seinan Sensei Tuesday #22

This is what unregulated, raw capitalism does. wnylib Yesterday #31

George Carlin Whip-poor-will Yesterday #37

It's a big club and we ain't in it! questionseverything Yesterday #55

MAGA is destroying our country more than any foreign enemy could dream of IronLionZion Tuesday #14

Most of the MAGAs don't even understand how they're being used by Chump and the other billionaires FakeNoose Tuesday #15

I have talked to several MAGA dupes... Moostache Yesterday #48

Yep, perfect storm fot these rapists traitors to destroy everything American. bluestarone Yesterday #60

It goes back, way back before project 2025, its called The Two Santas Strategy ImNotGod Tuesday #16

Yes, but the two Santa strategy was more political, imho. Buddyzbuddy Tuesday #25

If so, they will learn to their bane the purpose of Social Security . . . Journeyman Tuesday #17

The talking dollars have spoken: human beings don't matter Ponietz Tuesday #18

YUP, ABSOLUTELY "RIGHT"! It's their secret long-term plan to wreck "socialist" safety net programs, Jack Valentino Tuesday #20

When is the 'sacrosanct' "defense" budget on the block? RT Atlanta Tuesday #21

Absolutely spot on. debsy Tuesday #23

100% the get the rot out reset. Blue Full Moon Tuesday #24

There will be no other choice than to enact extreme taxation policies on the billionaires and if they try to leave the ChicagoTeamster Tuesday #26

i'd go one step farther rampartd Yesterday #34

Rich enid602 Tuesday #27

Starve the Beast and shrink it to a size that can be drowned in a bathtub Martin Eden Tuesday #28

add "the 2 santa claus theory" and we get to a $40T republican debt. rampartd Yesterday #35

Wow, reading the comments..... Dan Yesterday #30

In 2010 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 set up a trigger mechanism for automatic mandatory summer_in_TX Yesterday #32

That's exactly their strategy. WestMichRad Yesterday #39

Burning America to the ground has three goals: Botany Yesterday #41

So just spend 80 billion more taxpayer dollars on ice. We're at what 250 billion? Akakoji Yesterday #42

Agreed BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #43

This is ON the Republicans ONLY! Fucking Traitors dave99 Yesterday #44

The burn relogic Yesterday #45

Yep and they have done this for decades and decades. Break it & say "gov't doesn't work" themaguffin Yesterday #46

They do this every time Figarosmom Yesterday #49

This has been a strategy since Reagan Quanto Magnus Yesterday #50

Bingo. SergeStorms Yesterday #53

Bingo! BurnDoubt Yesterday #57

Financed by the billionaires..... SergeStorms 23 hrs ago #62

LOCK THE TRAITOR UP -- HE IS WRECKING OUR COUNTRY ON PURPOSE Blue Owl 23 hrs ago #61