NEW TP w/ @theodoricmeyer
In a 1995 NYT op-ed explaining his vote for the Balanced Budget Amendment, Biden wrote that "trying to spend our way out of recessions is no longer an option.”
If he had succeeded, he wudn have ben able to sign the ARP last week.
politico.com/newsletters/tr…
In a 1995 NYT op-ed explaining his vote for the Balanced Budget Amendment, Biden wrote that "trying to spend our way out of recessions is no longer an option.”
If he had succeeded, he wudn have ben able to sign the ARP last week.
politico.com/newsletters/tr…
Biden's career is more fiscal hawk than dove.
He pushed for spending freezes in the 1980s
he opposed raising the debt ceiling in 2006 b/c of what he said was W.'s “record of indifference to the price our children and grandchildren will pay to redeem our debt when it comes due.”
He pushed for spending freezes in the 1980s
he opposed raising the debt ceiling in 2006 b/c of what he said was W.'s “record of indifference to the price our children and grandchildren will pay to redeem our debt when it comes due.”
In 2008, his presidential campaign website pledged to "adopt a Pay-As-You-Go budget."
12 yrs later as president, his first legislative proposal was the biggest deficit spending package in history.
12 yrs later as president, his first legislative proposal was the biggest deficit spending package in history.
also, in oppo book a classic Biden moment on St. Patrick's day in 2010 w/ the Irish PM.
Biden noted how Cowen’s mother “lived in Long Island for 10 years or so. God rest her soul,” he said, expressing his condolences.
“Although, wait, you’re Mom’s still alive!”
Biden noted how Cowen’s mother “lived in Long Island for 10 years or so. God rest her soul,” he said, expressing his condolences.
“Although, wait, you’re Mom’s still alive!”
anyway, Biden's record on the deficit/debt is interesting b/c it's another instance (along w/ welfare) of him moving with the party.
infrastructure is an interesting test of just how much he has moved w/ them.
infrastructure is an interesting test of just how much he has moved w/ them.
Al Simpson, of simpson-bowles, said he understood why Biden went big on Covid relief.
and then added: "savagery is in the land, hatred is in the land, revenge is in this land. How the hell can you even even think about what happened 20 years ago in this atmosphere?”
and then added: "savagery is in the land, hatred is in the land, revenge is in this land. How the hell can you even even think about what happened 20 years ago in this atmosphere?”
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