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Melon

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4. I'm not right wing. Those aren't investments, their debt. Cutting the spending and debt.

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Sun Feb 22, 2026, 08:45 PM

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We borrow money to pay our debt now. Our spending is so high we have a hard time servicing our debt. Just like a struggling household there is no money to invest. Bill Clinton balanced our budget. It needs to happen again.

Bill was not right wing.

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What money to invest? 18.6% of all of our revenue goes to paying a trillion dollars a year in interest Melon Yesterday #1

Right wing argument Cirsium Yesterday #2

I'm not right wing. Those aren't investments, their debt. Cutting the spending and debt. Melon Yesterday #4

I didn't say you were Cirsium Yesterday #5

The country needs to cut spending. I agree with you. Melon Yesterday #6

TAX THE RICH & BIG BUISNESSES WmChris Yesterday #3

And do it in relationship to their profits like the rest of us are. efhmc 23 hrs ago #7