(11-17-2024, 10:06 AM)Jag149 Wrote:

(11-17-2024, 10:02 AM)mikesez Wrote: Lol.
The number of dollars collected went up, but not as much as it would have without the tax cut.
The number of dollars spent went up, exactly as much as it was scheduled to, due to the aging population.
It doesn't make sense to blame the President or the Congress who were in charge at the time for the decades long problem of baby boomers getting older. 
But it does make sense to blame (or credit) them for tax changes they freely chose to make.

I guess you liberals like it when the poverty rate goes up.

Actually I am a fan of Warren Buffet's suggestion.

"Warren Buffett quipped that he could end the deficit by passing "a law that says anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election."