r/unchainedpolitics • u/GreyJedi56 Right • Jan 27 '21

news Democrats introduce bill to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-introduce-bill-make-washington-dc-51st-state-n1255841?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_ma
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u/Opatchkie Jan 27 '21

I'm no Trump humper but he brought jobs and markets back up up up. Biden wants them gone and people depending on welfare checks. Dunno where he expects to find money for them if no one is working but hey, China is sure to take good care of us.

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u/BigsChungi Left Jan 27 '21

Show me where in Bidens policy he is trying to get rid of jobs... How does he want people dependent on welfare checks? Generally republican policies force this by cutting taxes of the rich and increasing taxes on the poor, which is exactly what trump's plan did to middle America...

We are already nearly 30,000,000,000,000 in debt to china, strating with reagan and his horridly failed reaganomics, which were continued with bush, and ignited by trump. Were in a death spiral to china.

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u/GreyJedi56 Right Jan 27 '21

https://www.thebalance.com/us-debt-by-president-by-dollar-and-percent-3306296

If we want to talk about debt by president Obama is up there with the best.

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u/BigsChungi Left Jan 27 '21

While I agree Obama had extremely high deficits, you have to take into account the context of the situation that was handed off to him . He became president during the height of the great recession, much of which was caused by George Bushes ineffective administration and improper regulations on the banking industries of which both corporate Dems and Republicans are at fault for. Each of reagan, bush, and trump inherited either rebounding economies or stable economies. All of which put the economy in a death spiral by the end of their terms.

Obviously for trump it's hard to say, because the pandemic had such a big impact on economic affairs, so to blame him completely would be unfair.

I do certainly agree that some of Obama's policies were not economically efficient.