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trotsky

(49,533 posts)
1. Cue the ignorant right-wing blowhards.
Tue Feb 28, 2017, 12:54 PM
Feb 2017

"Damn Demmycrats are overtaxing us!"

Totally oblivious to the fact that budgets are set based on a certain predicted economic growth rate. When the economy does *better* than expected, more revenue is raised, and we have a surplus.

In other words, they're pissed off that the economy is doing so well under Dayton.

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