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[quote name='UncleBob']Only spending can cause deficit spending.[/QUOTE]
So let's say my spending increases commensurate with my salary increase (i.e., not much at all). I am not suddenly "running a deficit," yet my spending has gone up. That is, if you want to continue to use stupid analogues and metaphors like "we're runnin' up the credit card, herp derp."
Deficits are an effect of the *combination* of revenues and expenditures not matching. To argue that one or the other is responsible is foolhardy. Remember, I'm the hardcore ultra leftist liberal, and you probably fancy yourself a "moderate" or somesuch. You are staunchly and dogmatically opposed to any tax increase or loophole change that might make General Electric pay *something, anything* in taxes, and I'm the one willing to consider increases in revenues and spending cuts. Think about how that makes you look; I, the hardcore partisan, evoke agreement on the need to compromise on issues; you cling to your brand of religion, unwilling to budge and unwilling to see the harm you bring to politics, but would dare place yourself in the middle of the political spectrum.
This is why we can't have nice things, because one side will not budge on the issue at all and thinks they are presenting themselves as willing to work to solve an issue. This is why we have candidates running for one party, who *uniformly* opposed, during a debate to impress their base (i.e., you), a hypothetical bill with a 10:1 ratio of spending cuts to revenue increases.
This is why you and your side are not to be taken seriously.
So let's say my spending increases commensurate with my salary increase (i.e., not much at all). I am not suddenly "running a deficit," yet my spending has gone up. That is, if you want to continue to use stupid analogues and metaphors like "we're runnin' up the credit card, herp derp."
Deficits are an effect of the *combination* of revenues and expenditures not matching. To argue that one or the other is responsible is foolhardy. Remember, I'm the hardcore ultra leftist liberal, and you probably fancy yourself a "moderate" or somesuch. You are staunchly and dogmatically opposed to any tax increase or loophole change that might make General Electric pay *something, anything* in taxes, and I'm the one willing to consider increases in revenues and spending cuts. Think about how that makes you look; I, the hardcore partisan, evoke agreement on the need to compromise on issues; you cling to your brand of religion, unwilling to budge and unwilling to see the harm you bring to politics, but would dare place yourself in the middle of the political spectrum.
This is why we can't have nice things, because one side will not budge on the issue at all and thinks they are presenting themselves as willing to work to solve an issue. This is why we have candidates running for one party, who *uniformly* opposed, during a debate to impress their base (i.e., you), a hypothetical bill with a 10:1 ratio of spending cuts to revenue increases.
This is why you and your side are not to be taken seriously.