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Quanto Magnus

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50. This has been a strategy since Reagan

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 01:35 PM

16 hrs ago

run up the debt while in power, whine and cry about the debt when not in power and to stymy any progressive legislation. If the Democrats have to fix the mess the Guardians of Pedophiles created, they will not have the time or resources to pass legislation they were elected to pass.

Rinse
Repeat

Trump is just taking this philosophy to it's more ridiculous extreme.

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The overwhelming National debt is on purpose. [View all] Buddyzbuddy Tuesday OP

Yes, it is overwhelming but these billionaires need productivity of others to feed their greed and that is why their in2herbs Tuesday #1

"billionaires need productivity of others" Intractable Tuesday #7

The data suggests otherwise. .... littlemissmartypants Tuesday #19

So, they are cutting jobs based on the potential impact of future AI. Intractable Yesterday #36

Whoa, cowboy. Nobody is trying to correct anyone. ... littlemissmartypants 20 hrs ago #38

There will be no billionaires without customers and workers. CBHagman 15 hrs ago #51

So, you are saying there are no billionaires now? Intractable 15 hrs ago #56

they are counting on a bubble and the inevitable privatize profits and socialize losses JT45242 15 hrs ago #52

Fewer workers, Mme. Defarge 19 hrs ago #40

Trump Tax Cuts and BBB created a hole in the budget. bucolic_frolic Tuesday #2

Transfer of funds lame54 Tuesday #3

They've been doing this for 50 years. Ramped it up hard after 9/11 when nobody was looking n/t Cheezoholic Tuesday #4

That's the Bain Capital / Blackrock / vulture capitalist model. Bleed them till they're dry erronis Tuesday #5

firmly capitalist rampartd Yesterday #33

And behind it all popsdenver 13 hrs ago #58

i had thought we were evolving into corporate feudalism rampartd 13 hrs ago #59

And if Democrats win in 26 and/or 28, they will start pointing at it ms liberty Tuesday #6

K&R Auggie Tuesday #8

nothing a return to 90% top tax rate can't fix JMCKUSICK Tuesday #9

I'd be in favor of MUCH more than just that...but its a mandatory first step. Moostache 16 hrs ago #47

The best time to tax a rich peop is after their death questionseverything 15 hrs ago #54

The Two Santa Claus Theory Just Jerome Tuesday #10

Agreed. Completely sickening and evil LymphocyteLover Tuesday #11

They won't be held accountable. They will leave the country. 1WorldHope Tuesday #12

No apologies needed. Wednesdays Tuesday #29

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this is what capitalism does. BlueTsunami2018 Tuesday #13

They want to privatize every-thing Seinan Sensei Tuesday #22

This is what unregulated, raw capitalism does. wnylib Yesterday #31

George Carlin Whip-poor-will 23 hrs ago #37

It's a big club and we ain't in it! questionseverything 15 hrs ago #55

MAGA is destroying our country more than any foreign enemy could dream of IronLionZion Tuesday #14

Most of the MAGAs don't even understand how they're being used by Chump and the other billionaires FakeNoose Tuesday #15

I have talked to several MAGA dupes... Moostache 16 hrs ago #48

Yep, perfect storm fot these rapists traitors to destroy everything American. bluestarone 13 hrs ago #60

It goes back, way back before project 2025, its called The Two Santas Strategy ImNotGod Tuesday #16

Yes, but the two Santa strategy was more political, imho. Buddyzbuddy Tuesday #25

If so, they will learn to their bane the purpose of Social Security . . . Journeyman Tuesday #17

The talking dollars have spoken: human beings don't matter Ponietz Tuesday #18

YUP, ABSOLUTELY "RIGHT"! It's their secret long-term plan to wreck "socialist" safety net programs, Jack Valentino Tuesday #20

When is the 'sacrosanct' "defense" budget on the block? RT Atlanta Tuesday #21

Absolutely spot on. debsy Tuesday #23

100% the get the rot out reset. Blue Full Moon Tuesday #24

There will be no other choice than to enact extreme taxation policies on the billionaires and if they try to leave the ChicagoTeamster Tuesday #26

i'd go one step farther rampartd Yesterday #34

Rich enid602 Tuesday #27

Starve the Beast and shrink it to a size that can be drowned in a bathtub Martin Eden Tuesday #28

add "the 2 santa claus theory" and we get to a $40T republican debt. rampartd Yesterday #35

Wow, reading the comments..... Dan Yesterday #30

In 2010 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 set up a trigger mechanism for automatic mandatory summer_in_TX Yesterday #32

That's exactly their strategy. WestMichRad 19 hrs ago #39

Burning America to the ground has three goals: Botany 19 hrs ago #41

So just spend 80 billion more taxpayer dollars on ice. We're at what 250 billion? Akakoji 17 hrs ago #42

Agreed BlueWaveNeverEnd 17 hrs ago #43

This is ON the Republicans ONLY! Fucking Traitors dave99 17 hrs ago #44

The burn relogic 17 hrs ago #45

Yep and they have done this for decades and decades. Break it & say "gov't doesn't work" themaguffin 16 hrs ago #46

They do this every time Figarosmom 16 hrs ago #49

This has been a strategy since Reagan Quanto Magnus 16 hrs ago #50

Bingo. SergeStorms 15 hrs ago #53

Bingo! BurnDoubt 14 hrs ago #57

Financed by the billionaires..... SergeStorms 11 hrs ago #62

LOCK THE TRAITOR UP -- HE IS WRECKING OUR COUNTRY ON PURPOSE Blue Owl 12 hrs ago #61