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…ric high, but the only time it was higher was during WWII, when we were fighting literally Hitler. Is there a comparable emergency today? If not, what justifies hitting new highs?

I have to agree with Daniel G, the case that the government has a revenue rather than a spending…
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Apr 4, 2019·1 min read

Also to amend my previous comment. In 2002 onwards timeline there was also two wars, so it’s not fair to assign all the credit/blame for the spike in Debt/GDP to Bush tax cuts.

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