Lowry can not bring himself to write the truth even to his own supporters and continues his mis-information in a commentary published in the New Orleans Advocate dated 4/7/21 titled, "Biden in big leagues for big spenders." Lowry's statement that Biden is spending jaw-dropping amounts that would have been unimaginable prior to the pandemic and are still shocking even now, is a fairy tale.
He goes on to try and relate Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package and the proposed $2.3 trillion infrastructure bill as being almost equal to Trump's fiscal 9/30/19 year spending of $4.4 trillion but is silent on the fact that Trump's $4.4 trillion spending spree was at a record level. And of course Lowry did not mention at all that Trump's fiscal year ending 9/30/20 federal spending under Trump hit another record spending high of $6.5 trillion. That was up 58% from the previous year Lowry quoted.
So it was Trump's spending of $4.4 trillion that was not only unimaginable and jaw-dropping before the pandemic, but never done before in the history of the U.S. The record shows that the Trump administration was the first ever administration to have a four, five and six trillion dollar spending budget and that in the last 40 years, it was the Reagan, Bush and Trump administrations that had the largest increases in federal spending.
And when Lowry wants to talk about Biden's proposed spending its not even close to Trump's fiscal year 9/30/20 spending of $6.5 trillion. (which is the latest full fiscal year to compare) Is it any wonder why Lowry never mentioned Trump's $6.5 trillion spending spree in his article??? Its Lowry and the GOP's way of dis-information on federal spending and debt because it is their party who are the big league spenders and why they are incapable of telling the truth.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
