The article's first sentence is "After Republicans ran up the federal deficit by $1 trillion, House Democrats want to establish themselves as the party of fiscal responsibility."
Republicans under Trump never "Ran" a deficit of $1T. What the young lady is referring to are projections for the deficit; she's writing about a possible future deficit, not actual deficits that have been run.
While trillion-dollar deficits run by Republicans are projections that may never happen, trillion-dollar deficits run by Democrats are fact; they've happened and have been recorded in the annals of history.
Back in January 2011, when Pelosi passed the gavel to Speaker John Boehner, she and the Democrats were running a deficit well above $1T. When Vox says Republicans "Ran up" the deficit by $1T, what's the starting point? In fiscal 2007, which began when Republicans were still in control of Congress, the deficit was $160B. In 2009, under Pelosi and the Democrats, the deficit was $1,412B. That's an actual run-up in the federal deficit of $1.25 trillion in just two years.
The starting point for the Republicans of the last Congress would be the $438B deficit in 2015, the lowest deficit since 2007.
Since the deficit for 2018 was $779B, Vox should have written that Republicans ran up the deficit by $341B, not $1T. When it comes to money, the Democrats are children.
Even if all the various budgets and appropriations had already been passed, Democrats would still, as of January 3, be partially responsible for federal spending and deficits.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/democrats_now_share_responsibility_for_the_2019_deficit.html
Republicans under Trump never "Ran" a deficit of $1T. What the young lady is referring to are projections for the deficit; she's writing about a possible future deficit, not actual deficits that have been run.
While trillion-dollar deficits run by Republicans are projections that may never happen, trillion-dollar deficits run by Democrats are fact; they've happened and have been recorded in the annals of history.
Back in January 2011, when Pelosi passed the gavel to Speaker John Boehner, she and the Democrats were running a deficit well above $1T. When Vox says Republicans "Ran up" the deficit by $1T, what's the starting point? In fiscal 2007, which began when Republicans were still in control of Congress, the deficit was $160B. In 2009, under Pelosi and the Democrats, the deficit was $1,412B. That's an actual run-up in the federal deficit of $1.25 trillion in just two years.
The starting point for the Republicans of the last Congress would be the $438B deficit in 2015, the lowest deficit since 2007.
Since the deficit for 2018 was $779B, Vox should have written that Republicans ran up the deficit by $341B, not $1T. When it comes to money, the Democrats are children.
Even if all the various budgets and appropriations had already been passed, Democrats would still, as of January 3, be partially responsible for federal spending and deficits.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/01/democrats_now_share_responsibility_for_the_2019_deficit.html
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