05-07-2023, 10:23 AM
(05-07-2023, 12:21 AM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I always told my employees to destroy excuses. Our economy was great under Trump. It is great here in Florida under a Republican governor who chose to reopen the state while Biden and Democrats wanted to shut it down. Everything bolded is an excuse. Trump had our country energy independent, now Biden policies have us buying dirtier oil products from foreign countries and dipping into oil reserves. It amazes me how bad democrats manage money.
Democratic states and cities tax their residents to death and then waste the money on BS initiatives. There is a reason there is a massive exit from NY, California, NJ and other Democratic states, it is called bad tax policy, soft on crime and fear of being killed walking down the street. Please explain to us all why regardless of the party in power, these states continue to lose tax payers.
As far as the debt ceiling, GOP has a proposal. It is Biden who fails to negotiate and has no plan. I hope we default, if so it is on Joe Biden and Democrats.
To the bolded, no, the U.S. was not energy independent under Trump. The U.S. hasn't been energy independent in nearly 70 years. You're thinking of the incorrect claim that Trump made around this during his presidency. The U.S. was producing more oil than we consumed. However, there are different types of oil and they are all used for various things, some non-energy related. The U.S. did not produce enough oil to satisfy our energy demands, and we continued importing foreign oil to do so.
Finally, to the second bolded sentence, that is a really disappointing thing to see an American say. Defaulting would have absolutely catastrophic consequences for millions and millions of Americans. Likely you as well. Wanting to go through that because you want the political opposition to fail should be a non-American view as it actively weakens the U.S.
