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FightFight

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Mon Oct 7, 2024, 03:28 PM Oct 7

Trump's plan would add $4 trillion more to U.S. debt compared to Harris', analysis says

Source: npr

A new report from the nonpartisan nonprofit Committee for Responsible Federal Budget finds that both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Harris will deepen the national debt to pay for their initiatives. Trump's estimated economic plan would sink the nation $7.5 trillion further into to debt over the next decade, while Harris' estimated proposals would cost the government half that — around $3.5 trillion.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2024/10/06/nx-s1-5142408/trump-harris-fiscal-federal-budget-national-debt



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1. Personal disposable income has grown nearly 6 times more under Democratic presidents

2. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has grown 7 times more under Democratic presidents

3. Corporate profits have grown over 16% more per year under Democratic presidents (they actually declined under Republicans by an average of 4.53%/year)
Average annual compound return on the stock market has been 18 times greater under Democratic presidents (If you invested $100k for 40 years of Republican administrations you had $126k at the end, if if you invested $100k for 40 years of Democrat administrations you had $3.9M at the end)

4. Republican presidents added 2.5 times more to the national debt than Democratic presidents

5. The two times the economy steered into the ditch (Great Depression and Great Recession) were during Republican, laissez faire administrations

**Why Are Republican Presidents So Bad for the Economy?**
G.D.P., jobs and other indicators have all risen faster under Democrats for nearly the past century. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/opinion/sunday/democrats-economy.html

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**Over the last 6 decades--60 years or so, history has tended to favor Democratic presidents in terms of economic performance** https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/10/28/which-presidents-have-been-best-for-the-economy

**During the final 3 years of Barack Obama's presidency 2014. 2015 . 2016 , the number of jobs added was 1.5 million greater than the number added during Trump's first 3 years in office 2017 2018 2019** https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/obama-created-more-jobs-trump

**Trump inherited a booming economy — and handed Biden a nation 'in shambles'** https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-inherited-booming-economy-handed-biden-nation-shambles-n1255033

**Trump to leave office with the worst jobs record since Herbert Hoover** https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-leave-office-worst-jobs-030044152.html

Trump will be first president since WWII to lose jobs during tenure. The U.S. lost 140,000 jobs in December 2020 in the final jobs report of Trump’s presidency. This means the nation has about 3 million fewer jobs than it did 4 years ago UNDER THE BLACK GUY --OBAMA, meaning Trump will be the first president to lose jobs over his term since employment data was collected in this way. NBC News Now correspondent Simone Boyce explains how it all unfolded.

https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/trump-will-be-first-president-since-wwii-to-lose-jobs-during-tenure-
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Trump's plan would add $4 trillion more to U.S. debt compared to Harris', analysis says (Original Post) FightFight Oct 7 OP
half of it will probably end up in the Orange Lard's bank account mdbl Oct 7 #1
The CFRB may not realize that's exactly what they want to happen jmowreader Oct 7 #2
I just saw a headline "Both Sides Plans Will Add To The National Debt" groundloop Oct 7 #3

mdbl

(5,471 posts)
1. half of it will probably end up in the Orange Lard's bank account
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 03:29 PM
Oct 7

The other half to his billionaire buddies.

jmowreader

(51,438 posts)
2. The CFRB may not realize that's exactly what they want to happen
Mon Oct 7, 2024, 04:07 PM
Oct 7

The entire intent of Republican economic plans is to kill the social safety net. Their theory is, if we keep on cutting taxes and spending money like we are, eventually we can get rid of the safety net to try to "balance the budget."

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