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[tblue37]

1. K&R for visibility. nt

[onecaliberal]

2. Thanks President Biden!

The media gives you credit for every bad thing and FAILS to report this.

[calimary]

26. Back-in-the-Black Biden!

No wonder the Repubs ran up all that red ink. Red is their color, after all.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Funny what happens when you get near full employment...

[electric_blue68]

11. And least for white people (I'm white & retired)

[BigmanPigman]

4. That doesn't matter to most of the idiots in the US who are

focused on a 5 cent increase in their gas prices. Why doesn't the media focus on this instead?!?!?!?!?

[empedocles]

8. Bigger, less sensational, price perspective on fuel prices

"$147.27

Historically, Crude oil reached an all time high of 147.27 in July of 2008. Crude oil - data, forecasts, historical chart - was last updated on June of 2021. Crude oil is expected to trade at 66.92 USD/BBL by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations.
Crude oil - 2022 Data - 1983-2021 Historical - 2023 Forecast - Price ..."

tradingeconomics.com/commodity/crude-oil

[Brent Crude taded at $119 yesterday]

[sop]

5. I guess this means Republicans will be demanding even bigger tax cuts.

[StarryNite]

6. It's not just the Repubs missing it, it's the media's failure

to report it adequately enough so that the citizens hear about it. But nooo, all they do is complain about Biden even though Biden can't honestly be blamed for the things they are blaming him for. I'm sick of their bias against President Biden and all Democrats.

[GoCubsGo]

12. They haven't reported it at all, let alone adequately.

This is the first I've heard of any surplus. All I hear is fear-mongering about inflation, recessions, and shortages. I'm with you. I'm sick of their biases, as well. I can't even stand to watch them most of the time.

[Lonestarblue]

15. If WaPo reported, which I have not seen, they would use a negative headline.

Something like “Budget surplus means people are paying too much in taxes” or “Republicans holding the line on fiscal spending.”

[towerbum]

7. hell ,thats good news -media want's bad click bait news !

[unblock]

9. This is great, but to keep things in perspective,

running a surplus in April, the month, which is obviously the biggest month for tax collections, is pretty normal. We did run deficits the previous two April's, but of course those were not normal times.

We will still run a deficit for the full 2022 year, so unfortunately we can't toot our horn too much on this.

That said, it would be nice if the media gave democrats props for this sort of thing. The debt/deficit is always seen as a winning issue for republicans, even though they're the ones responsible for around 85% of the debt, because they refuse to pay for anything and they raise the treasury whenever they can.

[Alice Kramden]

10. Thank you, President Biden n/t

[Stuart G]

13. K and R

[Rhiannon12866]

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[keithbvadu2]

16. Trump lost around 40 million jobs... got some back

[Rebl2]

17. Think M$M

will talk about it-NO!

[Bones1]

18. President Biden

Strikes again. A wise President in action helps us all.

[spanone]

19. ...K&R...

[ymetca]

20. Haven't you heard? Deficits don't matter!

Republicans make a BIG SHOW out of sending out pittance checks as "tax rebates". Then this so-called "rightful rebate" expires when a Democrat takes office, and then they holler "Hey Democrats just RAISED your taxes!" Both Bush and Trump SENT YOU CHECKS IN THE MAIL. Jesus! They're literally BUYING YOUR VOTE! Get it???

Democrats need to figure out how to play this game better --and KEEP THE CHECKS ROLLING.

It's why Biden's approval rating is so low -- the FUCKING CHECKS STOPPED COMING!

Biden needs to pitch a GIANT TAX REBATE, because, gosh the economy is booming, and folks need their hard-earned money back NOW, to help fight inflation!

Let the Republicans squirm and twist themselves into knots over why we shouldn't CUT TAXES! Do a little jiu jitsu on THEIR asses for once.

Besides, fiscal responsibility died after the Wall Street bailout, folks. And last I looked, the government still owes me a couple million in lost pension, lost wages, lost real estate, and so on.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

21. Pretty sick of Democrats being the only adults in DC.

Not handing our treasury department over to those with no need of treasure or concern for the rest of us, puts us in debt every time they get control. Sick of it.

"The result is a deficit of just $360 billion for the fiscal year-to-date, down from over $1.9 trillion at this time in fiscal 2021."

[Salviati]

22. How soon until the republicans are calling for tax cuts...

Who am I kidding, they're always calling for tax cuts...

[czarjak]

23. Agenda#1

[hvn_nbr_2]

24. I remember when Clinton's surpluses were poised to pay off the entire national debt in...

I remember when Clinton's surpluses were poised to pay off the entire national debt in ten years. But then Bush the Lesser and the Repukes decided to give trillions to billionaires instead.

[dchill]

25. Goopers know what to do with surpluses...

... they're BUSINESSMEN!

[Grins]

27. "...since Bill Clinton was president," it should have read. NM

[mahina]

28. There's an opportunity to nreak through the wall of disinformation noise here.

Challenging their assumptions, surprising them, anchoring to closely held values.

Do you care if deficits explode or shrink?

Here’s some news. With sources.

I think the same can be done with the closely held value that the government tyranny from the government is something to fear. I agree actually, it is!

Lay some Tom Snyder “On Tyranny” basics. What tyrants do to soften the ground and then execute change. How those steps are exactly those of Chump and DeSatan.

Rinse and repeat.

So far this is effective, swinging one voter at a time. Each one teach one. We can’t rely on paid media to break through the wall of disinformation cultivated over the Bush and Chump eras. It’s a granular one on one game at this point.