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Message: <blockquote data-quote="refineryworker05" data-source="post: 3230171" data-attributes="member: 66082">But they didn't lower government spending.  And side note the most popular programs with republican voters are the largest and most expensive government programs.  republican voters don't want to cut military spending, or medicare spending or social security spending or Medicaid spending.  You add those 4 programs with paying interest on the debt, that's 70% of the federal budget.So, they didn't lower spending, which means the deficit will increase, which means the debt will increase and to pay for that in the bill they raise nearly everyone's taxes in a few years.</blockquote>