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Mypost's JournalGOP: Party of "Borrow and spend"
... worse than tax and spend accusers ever imagined ... at least Democrats wanted to be sure we could pay for deficits over time.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/12/business/us-federal-deficit-august/index.html
The current shortfall exceeds the full-year deficit for fiscal 2018, which was $898 billion.
President Donald Trump, who promised during the 2016 campaign to eliminate the federal debt, has instead overseen a dramatic increase in deficits.
The White House's Office of Management and Budget has predicted that the deficit will exceed $1 trillion for the entire fiscal year, which ends on September 30. On Monday, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the federal deficit had surpassed $1 trillion in the first 11 months of fiscal 2019, according to its budget review.
The last time the gap was that big was in 2012, in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
A number of factors are driving the US deficit increase, including the $1.5 trillion tax cuts signed into law by Trump in 2017 along with a massive spending package passed by Congress.
The deficit is expected to swell to $960 billion in fiscal 2019, according to the CBO's latest report, and average $1.2 trillion in each of the next 10 years. The CBO raised its forecast for this year's deficit by $63 billion after Trump signed into law a bipartisan two-year budget deal over the summer.
In August, Congress agreed to a deal that would raise spending by an additional $320 billion over the next two years and suspended the debt ceiling through mid-2021.
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates that the 2017 tax cuts combined with new spending by Congress will add more than $4.1 trillion to the federal debt by 2029.
Did you know about "Two Spirit" history amoung Native Tribes?
http://redcircleproject.org/strengthening-spirit/Strengthening Spirit
Two Spirit Terminology and Identity
Two Spirit is a contemporary term used to identify Native American Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender individuals with traditional and cultural understandings of gender roles and identity. As an encompassing term, Two Spirit was adopted in 1990 at the International Native Gay & Lesbian Gathering in Canada which is an Anishinabe word meaning to have both feminine and masculine spirits within a person.
Upon European contact, homophobia, transphobia and acculturated worldviews of gender/sexuality were adopted. Historically, Native people had alternative gender roles and responsibilities for Two Spirit people. These culturally prescribed spiritual and social roles were based upon gender rather than sexuality as well as community rather than individual.
The term has different meanings in rural and urban communities to describe the re-claiming of ones traditional identity and roles and may not be not applicable to all tribes and individuals. It is considered to be an empowering and self indentifying term for Native LGBT/Two Spirit individuals. Because the term is defined as having both masculine and feminine spirits, many transgender individuals may not identify with this term.
Many indigenous languages still have traditional terms for individuals who are Native LGBTQIA or Two Spirit. The following is a collection of terms used throughout various Indigenous American tribes.
What's up with magats
who are now reading the book by Barbara Olson ... the final days ... ? We need to get out and contradict the lies. I could not find anything ... help
How can we stop "rule by tweet"
This BS by trump dictating by tweet has got to stop. Where are the legal forms?
Main RW point: trump is shaking things up
No he is not. He is turning everything upside down. He has created unprecedented "kayos" here at home and around the world. The world has lost all direction.
Sharpie reveal
https://imgur.com/sbDaXdIThanks to my friends here on DU ... hope it works
How does one post a photo here?
I have a sharpie photo that I created on Paint on my computer but, I can't seem to figure out how to post it. Thanks.
Main rw point: regulations kill job creation
... NO THEY DON"T! Regulations create innovations. Just ask any industry ... auto, energy ... INNOVATIONS CREATE JOBS ... jobs of the future. Cancelling regulations is just a return to past failures.
A great show .. Teddy Pendergrass, luv him
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