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		blacksqr on March 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Modern action films fetishize the body even as the... If Democrats make up half the team that you claim is most effective at limiting deficits, it would seem to me to be difficult to sustain the argument that Democrats don't care about them.

kbutler on March 9, 2021 [–]

Look at the data on deficits linked above.

This seems to be the pattern:

Republican president: spend on this!

  Republican congress: OK

  Democratic congress: OK, as long as we spend on this, too.

Democratic president: spend on this!

  Democratic congress: OK

  Republican congress: No, deficits are important.

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