I just find it really interesting when Republicans and libertarians think they need to vote for Republicans because they are more fiscally conservative than Democrats. It's the single biggest lie sold by the Republican Party to attract votes.
And there is no bigger contrast than the recent headlines on Republican and Democratic policies.
The first day Obama walked into office he was faced with a 1.2 trillion dollars in deficit.
Now the latest is that the deficit continues to fall:
The White House said Friday that the federal government’s budget deficit will drop to $583 billion this year, the lowest level of President Barack Obama’s tenure.
Last year’s deficit was $680 billion. The latest update from the White House budget office is also $66 billion less than the administration predicted earlier this year when releasing the president’s budget.
Meanwhile Republicans just
voted to increase the deficit by 287 billion dollars, which include- wait for it- tax cuts, with:
The largest part of the [tax] cut, worth more than $263 billion, is making permanent so-called bonus depreciation, which allows businesses to write off the cost of capital investments and improvements much more quickly
This tax cut has almost
no positive effect on the economy, according to the Congressional Research Service.
If anyone still believes that the Republican Party cares about anything but the rich, that person is delusional.