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https://www.americanprogress.org/article/tax-cuts-are-primarily-responsible-for-the-increasing-debt-ratio/

Taken together, the Bush tax cuts, their bipartisan extensions, and the Trump tax cuts, have cost $10 trillion since their creation and are responsible for 57 percent of the increase in the debt ratio since then. They are responsible for more than 90 percent of the increase in the debt ratio if you exclude the one-time costs for responding to COVID-19 and the Great Recession. While these one-time costs increased the level of debt, they did nothing to affect the trajectory of the debt ratio. With or without them, the United States would currently have stable debt, albeit potentially at a higher level, despite rising spending.28 In other words, these legislative changes—the Bush and Trump tax cuts—are responsible for more than 90 percent of the change in the trajectory of the debt ratio to date (see Figure 3) and will grow to be responsible for more than 100 percent of the debt ratio increase in the future. They are thus entirely responsible for the fiscal gap—the magnitude of the reduction in the primary deficit needed to stabilize the debt ratio over the long run.

if you think they don’t work that hard, you don’t know any K-8 teachers.

The unjustifiable expansion of positions within school districts (particularly admin) might be one of the very few subjects we do agree on.

Advanced degree, 15+ years of service, taking on additional contract incentives and responsibilities outside of school hours, cashing in unused sick days, and teaching in the Northshore School District (in the case of the highest paid teacher in the category) can get you to a pretty decent payday in the State of Washington. Not shedding any tears for the very top earners, but they only got there by paying their dues, not unlike the high earners in any occupation. And anyone who thinks teachers work only on school days didn't grow up in a school teacher's household.

if it’s so easy how come nobody here does it?

jealousy is a stinky cologne

Countering the lies can be exhausting, but let's begin with "hundreds of billions" of dollars. We have not contributed hundreds of billions of dollars.

It's almost as if any asshole can say any fucking thing he wants on the Twitter.

of all the dem lines the whole like you aren’t complaining when your ancestors came over is the dumbest

like umm the injuns were in power. How’d a bunch of illegal immigration work out for them?

Jesus Christ you are stupid!

@WestlinnDuck And that stops them from laying pipe on each other how?

”no, you’re gay” - average Tug comeback