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In a recently resurfaced video from 2011, then-President Obama called on the federal government to cut wasteful government spending and programs, even the ones that "a lot of people care about.""Everyone knows that getting rid of the deficit will require some tough decisions, and that includes cutting back on billions of dollars in programs that a lot of people care about," the former president said in the nearly 14-year-old clip.



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HarperLee » 15 Mar 2025, 12:19 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 12:19 pm

In a recently resurfaced video from 2011, then-President Obama called on the federal government to cut wasteful government spending and programs, even the ones that "a lot of people care about.""Everyone knows that getting rid of the deficit will require some tough decisions, and that includes cutting back on billions of dollars in programs that a lot of people care about," the former president said in the nearly 14-year-old clip.

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Did the deficit RISE or FALL under Obama. Hole?

Have you ever voted for a POTUS under whom federal spending grew at a LOWER rate?


 

HarperLee » 15 Mar 2025, 12:19 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 12:19 pm

In a recently resurfaced video from 2011, then-President Obama called on the federal government to cut wasteful government spending and programs, even the ones that "a lot of people care about.""Everyone knows that getting rid of the deficit will require some tough decisions, and that includes cutting back on billions of dollars in programs that a lot of people care about," the former president said in the nearly 14-year-old clip.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/flashback ... t-spending

“We’ve totally rebuilt the military — $2.5 trillion,” Trump said, going on to talk about a contract awarded to that shipbuilding company, Fincantieri Marinette Marine, “to build the next generation of guided missile frigates for the United States Navy.” 

Trump then mentioned missiles, rockets and tanks, saying: “What we had were great people in the military, but they weren’t given the right equipment, so now they are. Two and a half trillion dollars. … We’ve invested the $2.5 trillion in all of the greatest equipment in the world, and it’s all made here, right in the USA.”

  Procurement — as in buying equipment — made up 20.3% of those 2017-2020 defense budgets, or $590.7 billion. (That’s in constant — inflation-adjusted — 2021 dollars, per the Defense Department report.)

  The president has made some version of this claim at least 16 times, according to the Washington Post Fact Checker’s database of Trump’s claims.

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/07/trump ... ent-claim/
 

HarperLee » 15 Mar 2025, 12:19 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 12:19 pm

In a recently resurfaced video from 2011, then-President Obama called on the federal government to cut wasteful government spending and programs, even the ones that "a lot of people care about.""Everyone knows that getting rid of the deficit will require some tough decisions, and that includes cutting back on billions of dollars in programs that a lot of people care about," the former president said in the nearly 14-year-old clip.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/flashback ... t-spending

March 25: “Our military is again rich”

HarperLee » 15 Mar 2025, 12:19 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 12:19 pm

In a recently resurfaced video from 2011, then-President Obama called on the federal government to cut wasteful government spending and programs, even the ones that "a lot of people care about.""Everyone knows that getting rid of the deficit will require some tough decisions, and that includes cutting back on billions of dollars in programs that a lot of people care about," the former president said in the nearly 14-year-old clip.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/flashback ... t-spending

WASHINGTON — The federal budget deficit is growing faster than expected as President Trump’s spending and tax cut policies force the United States to borrow increasing sums of money.

 The deficit — the gap between what the government takes in through taxes and other sources of revenue and what it spends — will reach $960 billion for the 2019 fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. That gap will widen to $1 trillion for the 2020 fiscal year, the Congressional Budget Office said in updated forecasts released on Wednesday.

 The updated projections show deficits rising — and damage from Mr. Trump’s tariffs mounting — faster than the office had previously predicted. In May, the budget office said it expected a deficit of $896 billion for 2019 and $892 billion for 2020.

 That damage would be even higher if not for lower-than-expected interest rates, which are reducing the amount of money the government has to pay to its lenders. Still, the 2019 deficit is projected to be 25 percent larger than it was in 2018, and the budget office predicts it will continue to rise every year through 2023


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HarperLee » 15 Mar 2025, 12:19 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 12:19 pm

In a recently resurfaced video from 2011, then-President Obama called on the federal government to cut wasteful government spending and programs, even the ones that "a lot of people care about.""Everyone knows that getting rid of the deficit will require some tough decisions, and that includes cutting back on billions of dollars in programs that a lot of people care about," the former president said in the nearly 14-year-old clip.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/flashback ... t-spending

To those who criticized his spending and the growing national debt, Trump said: "Who the hell cares about the budget? We're going to have a country."


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Blackvegetable » 15 Mar 2025, 1:13 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 1:13 pm

To those who criticized his spending and the growing national debt, Trump said: "Who the hell cares about the budget? We're going to have a country."

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-sho ... t-n1119181

Keep lying and crying

Blackvegetable » 15 Mar 2025, 1:13 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 1:13 pm

To those who criticized his spending and the growing national debt, Trump said: "Who the hell cares about the budget? We're going to have a country."

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-sho ... t-n1119181

Will you be leaving the country or are you just whining like another little bitch on here who threatens to leave every **** day. 
 

FJB » 15 Mar 2025, 1:26 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 1:26 pm

Keep lying and crying

What did you hear?

MR-7 » 15 Mar 2025, 1:28 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 1:28 pm

Will you be leaving the country or are you just whining like another little bitch on here who threatens to leave every **** day.

Post the thread title.

HarperLee » 15 Mar 2025, 12:19 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 12:19 pm

In a recently resurfaced video from 2011, then-President Obama called on the federal government to cut wasteful government spending and programs, even the ones that "a lot of people care about.""Everyone knows that getting rid of the deficit will require some tough decisions, and that includes cutting back on billions of dollars in programs that a lot of people care about," the former president said in the nearly 14-year-old clip.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/flashback ... t-spending

And Trumpocalypse fired all the Inspector Generals..  


And counts on Elon who can't even understand that some folks are still marked as alive in the ancient COBOL software.
The dude couldn't smell errata in the data if it hit him in the face.

Blackvegetable » 15 Mar 2025, 1:29 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 1:29 pm

What did you hear?

For me to answer that question, you need to elaborate

Blackvegetable » 15 Mar 2025, 1:30 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 1:30 pm

Post the thread title.

Keep lying and crying
 

FJB » 15 Mar 2025, 1:34 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 1:34 pm

For me to answer that question, you need to elaborate

What did you hear him say?

Blackvegetable » 15 Mar 2025, 1:39 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 1:39 pm

What did you hear him say?

Who is "him"

FJB » 15 Mar 2025, 1:39 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 1:39 pm

Who is "him"

Just read it, Duck...

Blackvegetable » 15 Mar 2025, 1:45 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 1:45 pm

Just read it, Duck...

So once again, you fail to answer a simple question.

Blackvegetable » 15 Mar 2025, 1:45 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 1:45 pm

Just read it, Duck...

LMFAO you ran off once again

FJB » 15 Mar 2025, 2:05 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 2:05 pm

LMFAO you ran off once again

For that to be true you'd have to tell me what I lied about...

Blackvegetable » 15 Mar 2025, 3:08 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Mar 2025, 3:08 pm

For that to be true you'd have to tell me what I lied about...

keep playing your childish games