• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      The joke is that Democrats say it. Straight back to the Reagan Era, we had Tip O’Neil and Ted Kennedy compromising with these fuckers in order to shave away chunk after chunk of the New Deal / Great Society programs. Carter, Clinton, Obama, and Biden all played Compromiser to the intransigence of ultra-orthodox fiscal conservatives. And each new administration brought with it a new landmine for the American economy to trip over, setting off another ugly recession and new wave of poverty.

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        2 days ago

        It might have been true once, I don’t know, but for as long as I’ve been paying attention they have been fiscally irresponsible and have the track record to show for it.