$12,000,000,000,000+ National Debt (McCain, statistics, independent, companies)

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by HighPlainsDrifter73

This isn't a Republican or Democratic issue. Both parties share the responsibility equally for this debt.

I wouldn't say equal when Repulicans have increased over 80% of it and Dems less 20%. 50-50 would be equal, but 80-20 is not equal.

[EllenArlingtonPark]

WAR is very expensive. How much do you think we spent on IRAQ? How much did we pay out to Blackwater? If you are going to get outraged now, where were you then?

[LauraC]

Originally Posted by Visvaldis

Why do you right wingers worry about any debt?
According to the right wingers we are living in the End Times. The Rapture is near! Jesus will return any day now. That means no future generations. No debt for future generations to pay.
The main thing is to "get right" with Jesus.
May God Ble$$ You!

More scary is why you don't worry about the national debt. Can you explain it?

[wjtwet]

Originally Posted by shorebaby

Wow the left has really come unhinged...

I think the post you quoted was just a troll. Let it go.

[wjtwet]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

I wouldn't say equal when Repulicans have increased over 80% of it and Dems less 20%. 50-50 would be equal, but 80-20 is not equal.

But the Dems have controlled the finances since 2006. Spendibng has bene out of control since then

[Jadex]

Originally Posted by EllenArlingtonPark

WAR is very expensive. How much do you think we spent on IRAQ? How much did we pay out to Blackwater? If you are going to get outraged now, where were you then?

Has the war ended?

lets sit around and point fingers all day long while democrats keep spending like a kid in a candy store and watching the debt increasing

Or

We sit down agree this has to stop no matter how tough it is

[sanrene]

Originally Posted by malamute

Only when there's a Republican president. Now the Dems insist that there cannot be too much debt, they see no problem at all with it this high and they'll insist that no matter how much Obama spends, there will be no problem. The dems also see no problem with rising unemployment because they know Obama and Pelosi will keep extending unemployment benefits, and so they see no reason to worry about unemployment.

We all remember the whining about Bush's $400 Billion deficit, but $9 TRILLION is now a good number.

And let's not forget the wailing when the UE was 6% under Bush - oh my, the gnashing of teeth was tremendous - 10.2% is right where they like it now.

[Jadex]

Originally Posted by wjtwet

But the Dems have controlled the finances since 2006. Spendibng has bene out of control since then

Bush increased the debt by a very large amount.

We have to stop this pointing fingers and actually focus on getting democrats to realize this cant keep going that we have to stop spending.

[Rhett_Butler]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

Bush only signed the bills. Congress initiated them. We voted in Congress.
In reality..this is a mess we created..all of us in our own little way.
*sigh*

This is the Congress that was controlled by Republicans for 6 of Bush's 8 years, right?

[GregW]

I don't care about the future generations because I do not have any childern and do not intend to ever have any. Besides, we could reduce, if not eliminate, the debt if we pulled all of our overseas military bases and investments while letting the rest of the world go to hell in their own handbaskets.