RE:RE:RE:US Economy Still Red HotThis is a misleading comparison of two presidents. This has nothing to do with politics. In a strong economy at the top of the business cycle, there is typically a much smaller deficit, or even a surplus, due to increased taxable personal and corporation income, just as there was in the late-1990s. Now you have near-record increases in national debt at the top of the cycle, and the corporation tax cuts are a large part of that. What happens in a stagflationary environment with higher interest rates, or a recession?
Reducing entitlements is unlikely under any government. As for education, if you don't believe society owes it to children of poor families to create conditions of nearer-equal opportunity, to partially offset the many powerful forces exacerbating existing inequality, for example, by providing good public education and a meritocratic system of higher education, then there is no argument. This is a right-wing, social Darwinist position. But then, why provide any public services at all? Let it be every man and his personal firearm for himself. Wait till the pitchforks come out and your head is on the block, and then let them eat cake.