Why don't Republicans care about the deficit anymore?

[IceSpear]

They never cared to begin with. Literally the same exact thing happens over and over.

- Democrat is president (Carter, Clinton, Obama)
- Republicans pretend to care about deficit, accuse Democrat of being a deficit buster despite some of them actually lowering it, media treats this as principled good faith concern
- Republican is president (Reagan, Bush, Trump)
- Republicans explode the deficit with unpaid for tax cuts and/or wars, media is silent

Rinse and repeat.

And it's funny people talk about how Jeff Flake shouldn't "abandon his beliefs on tax cuts just because he's anti-Trump." The guy's claim to fame was being a "deficit hawk", yet he voted for a deficit busting tax scam because he's a partisan hack. He has zero principles.

[IceSpear]

I'm sure it varies.  I think many of them just parrot whatever stupid shepherd they're following this week tells them to parrot. (this is true of every political group, don't think you're better) Many others are legitimately disappointed I think.  I'm disappointed that they've been so damn quiet about it.

Only a single Republican (Walter Jones) voted against the deficit busting tax bill due to concerns about the deficit. All the others either voted for it or voted against it due to concerns about the cap on the SALT deduction hurting their district.

[IceSpear]

They never cared about the deficit...its a scandal the Democrats media have allowed the garbage GOP to get away for so long on being the moral authority for fiscal responsibility. Just another area the GOP is trash in

[IceSpear]

Reminder: GOP voters/rank and file members were fine with the tax bill earlier this year because they thought the cuts would stimulate growth that would (in the long run) create enough revenue to stave off the surplus.

I think pretty much everybody else knew this was not going to happen, but if you suspend disbelief and assume the growth will lead to expansion/revenue, it's ideologically consistent with being a deficit hawk to support this bill.

And if I assume seagulls will start sh**tting one hundred dollar bills once Saddam Hussein is toppled, the Iraq War was paid for as well.

[IceSpear]

Here's a good article about Walter Jones, the last remaining Republican deficit hawk in Congress.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/12/28/is-this-the-last-deficit-hawk-in-the-republican-party/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4730ed2f1049

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Anyone else notice the distinct lack of RINOs in this thread?

[IceSpear]

Why do people keep deflecting to Obama? This thread is about why Republicans don't care about the deficit. They're supposed to be the "fiscally responsible" party, are they not?