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GDP grew faster during Biden
What did I JUST say back in comment #379 abput using just the GDP to make arguments???

5 million people lost healthcare
That has been debunked multiple times now. But I'll leave the Politifact one here:

lowering the taxes just increases budget deficit.
Trump actually had the highest revenue from taxes of any previous President and it was accomplished by lowering taxes:

did not decrease government spending
Stop moving the goalposts. Government spending is just one facet of a socialist economy. The other one is regulation of the economy via central planning. Under Trump the central planning aspect of the Federal Government reached historic lows.

Also, under Trump there was record high incomes, a higher standard of living, a lower cost of living, and consistent GDP growth. In fact, Trump's economy was so good that the only people left who were unemployed were people not actively looking for work.
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What did I JUST say back in comment #379 abput using just the GDP to make arguments???
You do not get to cherry pick which data I can use. Since you conceded that GDP growth was higher under Biden, it stands as fact now.

That has been debunked multiple times now. But I'll leave the Politifact one here

And I will just leave this, debunking your link.

Now, you may either concede that 4 million people lost cheaper government healthcare, therefore increased cost of living,

or you may concede that nobody lost cheaper healthcare and Trump actually didnt reduce government healthcare management, therefore keeping Communist policies on healthcare.

Two options. Take your pick.

Trump actually had the highest revenue from taxes of any previous President and it was accomplished by lowering taxes
No. Biden has highest tax revenue, far higher than Trump. It was accomplished by increasing taxes.
Trump barely managed to increase revenue by 200 billion, despite all the money printing (injected printed money in economy, then he collected it through taxes). Compared to that, Biden increased tax revenue by over one trillion in just 2 years. So yeah, I am afraid that your Trump still loses.

Stop moving the goalposts. Government spending is just one facet of a socialist economy.
So if high government spending is indeed a type of socialist economy, how am I moving the goalpost? The goalpost was socialism/communism all along.

Under Trump the central planning aspect of the Federal Government reached historic lows.
The government spending reached historic high. So you can say that Trump just replaced one type of Communism with the other type of Communism.

Also, under Trump there was record high incomes, a higher standard of living, a lower cost of living, and consistent GDP growth.
Consistent GDP growth? The guy barely had 2% growth for 3 years, then the GDP stopped growing. It decreased. 
Biden is the one who had highest GDP growth of 6%.
Record high incomes? The number of people in poverty stayed the same during Trump.
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Wage growth is at 5%.

Inflation is at 3%.

You do the math.
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That's for one month. we have yet to make up for 900 days of inflation outpacing the GDP just to get back to 2016 levels.
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lowering the taxes just increases budget deficit.
Trump actually had the highest revenue from taxes of any previous President and it was accomplished by lowering taxes:
Every President has had the highest revenue of any previous president because revenue always goes up.

FY 2021 $4.05 trillion
FY 2020 $3.42 trillion
FY 2019 $3.46 trillion
FY 2018 $3.33 trillion
FY 2017 $3.32 trillion
FY 2016 $3.27 trillion
FY 2015 $3.25 trillion
FY 2014 $3.02 trillion
FY 2013 $2.78 trillion
FY 2012 $2.45 trillion
FY 2011 $2.30 trillion
FY 2010 $2.16 trillion

Over the past 30 years we’ve only failed to increase revenue year over year 5 times due to COVID, the Great Recession, and the other three times under Bush post 9/11 and with his tax cuts. Aside from that, the closest we came was in 2018 when we only saw about a $10 billion increase.

Setting 2020 aside, Trump has had the slowest growth over his full term of any president at least since the 1960’s other than GW’s first term.

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If it was due to covid then explain how we did it in 2021 🤣

Additionally, more money to the federal government doesn't equate the soundness of an economy.
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Additionally, more money to the federal government doesn't equate the soundness of an economy.
The economy disagrees.

Trump had 1 to 2% of wage growth, the lowest wages grew by barely 1%. So the poor worker never saw any benefit from Trump's economy.

Biden has 5% wage increase and rising.

That while beating Russia in war.
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Mental illnesses are common in the United States. It is estimated that more than one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness (57.8 million in 2021).

Isn't that Trump's base?
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I suppose that's the price society pays for ignoring the downtrodden.
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That while beating Russia in war.
Even if USA sent every trans soldier to fight in Ukraine, they still wouldn't be able to retake the Donbas. 

All it would take is some photos of trans people involuntarily mutilated by the same cluster mines Americans bought with their taxes to make the Donbas uninhabitable and also unconquerable. Just like North Korea's DMZ. America doesn't have a prayer in occupying the NK DMZ or the Donbas with boots on the mined ground.

This war has been effectively over for years. The common American pleb just does not want to hear about it, and crony politicians with their lucrative war contracts don't have a financial reason to inform the public of the truth. Russia is weathering the inflation war a lot better than the USA because Russia is just fine producing extra millions of barrels of fossil fuels a day and creating new markets in Asia and Africa. Russia isn't infested with global warming sheep because most of Russia is in the tundra and taiga, and Russia will become vastly more prosperous in a warmer planet as more arable land becomes available to support a dominant population.
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Despite your transparent trolling, there is no doubt you support both Russia and North Korea as you daily praise the objective shortcomings of America as "positive values"
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Before 2022, Russia occupied 42,000 km2 (16,000 sq mi) of Ukrainian territory (Crimea, and parts of Donetsk and Luhansk), and occupied an additional 119,000 km2 (46,000 sq mi) after its full-scale invasion by March 2022, a total of 161,000 km2 (62,000 sq mi) or almost 27% of Ukraine's territory.[8] By 11 November, the Institute for the Study of War calculated that Ukrainian forces had liberated an area of 74,443 km2 (28,743 sq mi) from Russian occupation,[9] leaving Russia with control of about 18% of Ukraine's territory.

Today, Russia controls about 7% of Ukraine's territory, and is losing battles daily.

Remember, Putin's original goal was to conquer entire Ukraine to "de-nazify" it and replace its government.

Now, Putin is desperate to at least avoid complete defeat in Ukraine and not run away in complete embarrasement of what was once considered the second strongest military in the world.
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That's for one month. we have yet to make up for 900 days of inflation outpacing the GDP just to get back to 2016 levels.
Sadly, after Trump caused largest ever unemployment rise, the economy had to suffer. 
But now its back on track and growing again, so there is no any hope that we will have another era of Trump destroying economy.
Biden introduced many types of support for the poor to help combat inflation, such as aid in money, cheaper healthcare and many other government subsidies amounting to trillions of dollars.
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Today, Russia controls about 7% of Ukraine's territory,
The defense of the Donbas was always the objective of Russia. Russia has not ceded any territory in the Donbas for years while expanding the trench network and mines monthly. 
Here is an article where Zelensky admits it is over.

The 2014 Donbas war is over. America will never be able to control it ever again.

You already knew this, and are again, praising objective failures in a transparent attempt to troll stupid Americans.
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Russia has not ceded any territory in the Donbas
Is this one of those "look here, think positive, dont look there" mentalities?

Russia has been suffering defeat after defeat, losing territory after territory, being unable to even fight back anymore. It took only 2% of US budget to achieve that, thanks to Biden.

"Ukraine and Russia's tank numbers are now roughly equal to one another's, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and the Oryx open-source analysis website.
The figures underscore the extent to which Russia's advantage in heavy weapons has been reduced since it sent troops into Ukraine over 16 months ago.
According to the Kiel Institute's Ukraine Support Tracker, Russia has lost over 2,000 of the 3,417 tanks which it used to invade Ukraine in February 2022.
Oryx estimates that the Russian army now has about 1,400 tanks remaining.
Ukraine in comparison has lost 550 of the 987 tanks it had at the start of the invasion and has managed to capture 545 Russian tanks, according to Oryx. Western allies have transferred 471 tanks to Kyiv, with an additional 286 expected to arrive soon.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are estimated to have approximately 1,500 tanks.

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If it was due to covid then explain how we did it in 2021 🤣
COVID hit in 2020

Additionally, more money to the federal government doesn't equate the soundness of an economy.
I don’t recall arguing that it did
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"The United States condemns Russia's fraudulent attempt today to annex sovereign Ukrainian territory. Russia is violating international law, trampling on the United Nations Charter, and showing its contempt for peaceful nations everywhere," President Biden said in a statement in 2022, as his administration announced fresh sanctions on Russia for its annexation of the Ukrainian regions.
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 President Trump said in a statement in 2020, "Ah Luv Putin and Communist born USA First Ladies".
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Is this one of those "look here, think positive, dont look there" mentalities?
Yes. All of your trolling of American stupidity is based on this philosophy.

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Donbas is not Russian territory 
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Correct. It rightfully belongs to the Russian separatists that had authority before Ukraine violated the 2014 cease fire and started the Donbas war in 2014. A war they have zero chance of winning in 2023.
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The Treasury Department reported this week that individual income tax collections for FY 2018 totaled $1.7 trillion. That's up $14 billion from fiscal 2017, and an all-time high. And that's despite the fact that individual income tax rates got a significant cut this year as part of President Donald Trump's tax reform plan.
An all time high? Right genius. Because he raised taxes on ordinary workers while cutting taxes on corporations and people who pass their business income through their personal returns. I got a tax increase thanks to the Republicans. 

Wealthy people (people who make over a million) got a tax cut.

On top of that, the Trump MAGA government had a trillion dollar deficit before COVID was even heard of.

Trump actually had the highest revenue from taxes of any previous President
That’s a lie. Tax revenues were down overall, thanks to the corporate tax cuts. That’s why he blew up the deficit to over a trillion dollars, genius.

“The only category that was down? Corporate income taxes, which dropped by 31%” From your article.

You fail to use critical thinking skills.

Under Trump the central planning aspect of the Federal Government reached historic lows.
You’ve got that right. Trump didn’t plan to address COVID. A million Americans died as a result of his poor initial response.

Also, under Trump there was record high incomes, a higher standard of living, a lower cost of living, and consistent GDP growth.
Bullshit. He let the stock market run unchecked. It all collapsed before he left. All the gains were lost.

When the economy tanked, ya, prices went down. We had 16% unemployment under Trump and a massive, unprecedented bailout of the economy.

Trump's economy was so good that the only people left who were unemployed were people not actively looking for work.
Unemployment has been lower under Biden.
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inflation outpacing the GDP 
That statement makes no sense. Nobody compares the inflation rate to the GDP growth rate.

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Nobody compares the inflation rate to the GDP growth rate.
Voters do. If their pay goes up and the prices go up faster, they won't call it a good thing.

900 days of a bad thing isn't going to be magically fixed in a few months.
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there is no doubt you support both Russia and North Korea
Russia isnt cool anymore, so no.

When I supported republicans, I always had hate inside me.
Once I stopped supporting them, the hate went away too. I guess they are party of hate and lies.
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Russia isnt cool anymore, so no.
Well, too bad, because NK is becoming a very close ally of Russia.

When I supported republicans, I always had hate inside me.
I don't support Republicans.
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Just like alabama belonged to southern separatists.


Didn't go so well for them
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Voters do. If their pay goes up and the prices go up faster, they won't call it a good thing.
It appears you have no idea what GDP represents 

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Just like alabama belonged to southern separatists.
Most people in Alabama are still weird and separate. Our system of states, state sovereignty, and representation by state instead of the general population allow for a degree of systemic balkanization of the nation. 

Or we could let the UN draw arbitrary international borders including divergent cultures because that worked out so well in places like Israel and Ukraine. Cause you know just how historically fun and bloody it can get in places like Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Nigeria, Cameroon, Western Sahara, and Ethiopia with all that "diverse-city".