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It seems you're reading the posts yourself. Don't do that. Have someone with comprehension skills explain them to you. To wit, national debt does not mean national spending.
you appear to be consusing yourself. (national spending did you make that term up)
gov spending as a % of gdp was being discussed
Uh, no. Your words: We've never had $11 trillion in debt.
You do know the difference between debt and spending? Okay, you don't. Here goes. Debt is the accumulation of deficits. Spending is just that, money allocated to the federal budget.
Uh, no. Your words: We've never had $11 trillion in debt.
You do know the difference between debt and spending? Okay, you don't. Here goes. Debt is the accumulation of deficits. Spending is just that, money allocated to the federal budget.
84 posts later and we have some of the typical partisan name calling / bickering.
Those on the left claiming they are smarter than everyone else and we are not headed toward socialism.... Those on the right being marginalized as Obama haters / sore losers.
I can admit I am no college graduate, didn't even finish high school for that matter but I was raised with a strong work ethic and enough common sense that when certain doors were opened by the grace of God I can now dig ditches with a computer rather than with my back....
So you don't want to call it "socialism" - fine. Do you still not think that our government has not totally overstepped it's boundaries??? By the way, my college educated cousin who lives in a socialist country continues to reassure me that it won't / can't happen here... But if that is the case, why does it keep coming up? I suppose the leftist will say it is all being driven by right wing propoganda media outlets. But I'm not convinced that there isn't more to it than that....
Government control of the banks???
Some of the banks wanting to give the money back to get out from under the control???
Social engineering in the name of "affordable housing"???
listen to nvexplorer trying to walk himself through government 101
Are you claiming the national debt is the same as government spending? If so, it's you who need to walk through a few textbooks. Either that, or you're just trolling. Which is it?
No the left is NOT okay with socialism.. WE ARE HOWEVER.. okay with a BALANCE of Social programs ..mixed in with capitalism..
it's called BALANCE!!!
We will NEVER BE a PURELY Socialistic nation.. nor should we be nor would this "lefty" want it.
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