• Soulphite@reddthat.com
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    2 days ago

    Fun fact:

    (Add 2 trillion to this pie… wait 3 trillion? No wait… almost 4, Now? Well, add 4 trillion to this chart for the ole pedophile just for good measure…)

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      19 hours ago

      Look, this isn’t my country but I’d think there’d be rioting in the streets about this. Someone’s out there spending the public’s money and making his whims everyone else’s problem.

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      2 days ago

      “10 year projection as of 2025”

      Huh? I doubt he will survive that long, let alone run for the fourth term

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        2 days ago

        The party of ‘law and order’ and his super smart and loyal supporters will definitely support and vote for him the fourth time as well because they support ‘law and order’.

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      9 hours ago

      This is dumb as bricks. Inflation means that the most recent government will always have an outsized contribution to any national debt.

      Don’t post it just because it dumps on Trump

      (And I guess I have to say I too hate trump because otherwise everyone will conclude I’m defending him somehow)

      EDIT because apparently that caveat is not enough: try running the same calculation as if it were 2016 and you were comparing Obama’s contribution to the national debt to all other presidents. Or Bush. Or Clinton.

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            16 hours ago

            Here, I’ll invite you to read this document published on house.gov specifically on trumps impact to the national debt throughout America’s history. It is not a “slam piece” on it’s own, he does it to himself with facts and figures which is what this article gives.

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              16 hours ago

              I searched for “inflation”, “nominal” and “adjusted” and didn’t find anything relevant.

              I believe that the $37 trillion dollars is the total debt whenever that graphic was made, and the $12.5T is the debt increase from Trump’s first term, plus so far in his second term. That means you’re comparing Trump’s debt (issued in 2016 or later dollars) to, for example, Roosevelt’s debt (issued in 1940s dollars).

              The article you link seems perfectly factual and correctly identifies that debt to GDP is more important than nominal debt. Which is why you shouldn’t be using a comparison of nominal debt increases to criticise Trump.

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                16 hours ago

                It’s relative to the economy. The comparison is the fact that he spends frivolously when other presidents who contributed largely to the debt did so during crises. Trump CREATES crises all on his own. He campaigns on lowering debt, but does quite the opposite ten fold. So yeah, it is perfectly within the realm to criticize and compare him with all other presidents all things considering. The pie represents his failures in the simplistic of forms.

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                  14 hours ago

                  What measure of “the economy”? The usual measure is GDP, measured in dollars, so the number is a dimensionless ratio, not a dollar amount.

                  The fact that you aren’t telling me how this number was arrived at, or giving any precise answers at all, is answer enough: it’s not “adjusted” to anything. You made that up and are continuing to talk shit.

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                    11 hours ago

                    You clearly have no idea how any of this works, but you can keep suckling the teet of your orange king pedophile and live “happily ever after” in your delusional little bubble till the collapse. As long as you feel loved by your king, all is well, right?

                    You are definitely not an economist judging by your pure lack of knowledge, and that’s okay… these numbers are unfathomable anyhow.

                    Since you want some kind of answer, the national debt is analyzed regularly and adjusted for inflation already and then they compare it to the ECONOMY in real time. What answer your trying to seek is impossible, the fact is; Donald John Trump is a pedophile rapist piece of shit and that’s about all that really matters.