Norman
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I doubt anyone is going to vote for an idiot who will raise his or her taxes if elected.
Anyone who campaigns on raising taxes is dead at the starting gate.
Good Lord. Talk about imbeciles
You're wrong. When people begin to understand that the Trillion Dollar deficit in the 2019 fY is the new normal, for an Administration which cut taxes and expanded military spending, and billions to build a wall on our Southern Border, while we have been invaded by a virus after this Administration cut funding for the CDC's, Obama-era security Programs.
"The Trump administration recently requested $2.5 billion in emergency funds to prepare the U.S. for a possible widespread outbreak of coronavirus. Critics, though, are pointing out that money might not be necessary if the administration hadn’t spent the past two years largely dismantling government units that were designed to protect against pandemics.
"The cuts started in 2018, as the White House focused on eliminating funding to Obama-era disease security programs. In March of that year, Rear Adm. Timothy Ziemer, whose job it was to lead the U.S. response in the event of a pandemic, abruptly left the administration and his global health security team was disbanded."
Trump administration budget cuts could become a major problem as coronavirus spreads
Furthermore from this same link:
"That same year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was forced to slash its efforts to prevent global disease outbreak by 80% as its funding for the program began to run out. The agency, at the time, opted to focus on 10 priority countries and scale back in others, including China.
"Also cut was the Complex Crises Fund, a $30 million emergency response pool that was at the secretary of state’s disposal to deploy disease experts and others in the event of a crisis. (The fund was created by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.)"
There is no way to blame Obama or HRC for the chaos and incompetence of the Trump Administration, the buck stops on the desk (or golf course) of the incompetent and inept Donald J.Trump!!!
When someone even brings up the "wall" as the reason for the deficit, you know they are full of shit.
The wall contributes absolutely nothing to the budget. In fact, the wall pays for itself.