{"id":1707405,"date":"2022-10-23T06:30:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T10:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1707405"},"modified":"2022-10-23T07:04:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T11:04:20","slug":"brian-riedl-unmitigated-gall-of-joe-biden-claiming-that-he-lowered-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brian-riedl-unmitigated-gall-of-joe-biden-claiming-that-he-lowered-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Riedl: Unmitigated Gall of Joe Biden Claiming That He \u201cLowered\u201d Debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrian-riedl-unmitigated-gall-of-joe-biden-claiming-that-he-lowered-debt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1707405&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>How should a president respond to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/21\/biden-says-midterms-not-referendum-on-him-claims-deficit-cut-credit\/\">running a $1.4 trillion budget deficit<\/a> \u2014 40% higher than before the pandemic \u2014 and adding trillions more to 10-year deficits?<\/p>\n<p>If you are President Biden, you <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/21\/biden-looks-confused-as-he-struggles-to-exit-stage-at-rally\/\">take a victory lap<\/a> touting your \u201chistoric deficit reduction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a remarkable feat of gaslighting, the president held a press conference Friday bragging about directing the \u201clargest one-year [deficit] drop in American history.\u201d But Biden did nothing to reduce the deficit. In fact, his policies have added a deluge of red ink.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2017 and 2019, the budget deficit averaged $810 billion annually. The pandemic then put millions of people out of work and brought trillions of dollars in temporary federal benefits, pushing deficits past $3 trillion in 2020 and $2 trillion in 2021. As the pandemic receded, however, the expiration of this temporary spending was scheduled to return deficits to the pre-pandemic levels of $900 billion to $1 trillion for the next six years. Instead, Biden\u2019s spending pushed up the 2022 deficit to $1.4 trillion \u2014 $400 billion higher than the baseline and far above pre-pandemic levels. And this was despite shattering peacetime records for tax revenues.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/american-rescue-plan-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/american-rescue-plan-01.jpg\" alt=\"Biden drastically expanded the 2021 deficit with the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.\" class=\"wp-image-24356508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/american-rescue-plan-01.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/american-rescue-plan-01.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/american-rescue-plan-01.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The US budget deficit is 40% higher than before the pandemic.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yes, the deficit fell in 2022, because the temporary pandemic spending expired on schedule. That is not a presidential accomplishment. No one planned on trillions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program loans, record unemployment benefits or COVID mitigation measures being necessary after the economy reopened. <\/p>\n<p>By Biden\u2019s standard, President Harry Truman is the greatest budget-cutter in American history simply because he was in office when World War II (and its military costs) ended. <\/p>\n<p>Taking credit for 2022\u2019s \u201clargest one-year drop\u201d in the deficit is especially galling when Biden himself drastically expanded the 2021 deficit with the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/21\/inflation-relief-checks-who-qualifies-and-how-to-get-your-payment\/\">which is worsening inflation<\/a>. He personally drove up the 2021 budget deficit and then bragged about his fiscal responsibility when that spending expired on schedule. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/student-debt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/student-debt.jpg\" alt=\"The Supreme Court ruled that the program was not unconstitutional Thursday.\" class=\"wp-image-24356509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/student-debt.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/student-debt.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/student-debt.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Biden\u2019s student loan forgiveness plan is estimated to cost around $400 billion. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sorry, you don\u2019t win firefighting awards for putting out your own fire.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the reality. When Biden was inaugurated, the Congressional Budget Office forecast $14.5 trillion in deficits between 2021 and 2031. Now Washington is projected to borrow $19 trillion over that period. The president has added $4.8 trillion in 10-year deficits through policies such as the American Rescue Plan ($1.9 trillion), student-loan moratoria and bailouts ($750 billion), a large omnibus appropriations bill ($625 billion), infrastructure law ($370 billion), health and welfare expansions ($360 billion) and a veterans\u2019 bill ($280 billion). The only law providing net savings was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/21\/inflation-relief-checks-who-qualifies-and-how-to-get-your-payment\/\">the Inflation Reduction Act<\/a> ($240 billion), and that figure is inflated with gimmicks like fake expiration dates for spending intended to be permanent.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>Biden\u2019s $4.8 trillion in legislation in 20 months nearly matches President Barack Obama\u2019s total enacted over eight years ($5 trillion) and is even on pace to exceed President Donald Trump\u2019s $7.8 trillion in legislative costs (these figures reflect bills\u2019 10-year costs). <\/p>\n<p>And while Biden and Democrats brag about reducing annual deficits from Trump\u2019s levels, they rarely mention that half of his legislative costs arose from emergency pandemic bills that were drafted and passed by congressional Democrats. It is disingenuous for Democrats to take credit for massive pandemic aid and later dismiss those costs as \u201cRepublican deficits\u201d while also treating those costs\u2019 scheduled expiration as courageous deficit reduction while engaging in their own spending spree. <\/p>\n<p>Then again, the same White House refused to acknowledge any role in gas prices surging an extra $2.33 per gallon but demands credit when prices dip $1 from that peak. <\/p>\n<p>Biden just ran a budget deficit 40% higher than Trump\u2019s pre-pandemic deficits. And he wants you to pat him on the back for it.<\/p>\n<p><em>Brian Riedl is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Twitter: @Brian_Riedl<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How should a president respond to running a $1.4 trillion budget deficit \u2014 40% higher than before the pandemic \u2014 and adding trillions more to 10-year deficits? 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