$12,000,000,000,000+ National Debt (salary, soldiers, party, state)

[workingclasshero]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

Nope. Reagan increasd the debt by 2 trillion, and Bush Jr by 6, so that's 8 trillion right there with only two Repubican presidents. Sorry.

and clinton took the debt from 3.1 trillion to 5.87 trillion ..nearlt double also

the FACT is the GOVERNMENT needs to stop spending,,,left and right

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by pghquest

Nope.. Look at who ran CONGRESS during Reagans term. Congress SPENDS.. not the president..

There has been very little Republican control over spending. In the last 42 years, Republicans held Congress for 8 of them

Ok, if that angle is a more convenient for you: Republicans took control of Congress during Clinton presidency and lost in in 2007. During that time they TRIPELED the national debt. TRIPELED!!!

Thanks for shining light on the matter.

PS if presidents have nothing to do with spending, then I wonder why you keep critisizing Obama about it.

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

Ok, if that angle is a more convenient for you: Republicans took control of Congress during Clinton presidency and lost in in 2007. During that time they TRIPELED the national debt. TRIPELED!!!

Thanks for shining light on the matter.

PS if presidents have nothing to do with spending, then I wonder why you keep critisizing Obama about it.

Wait a minute, I thought Clinton balanced the budget..

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

and clinton took the debt from 3.1 trillion to 5.87 trillion ..nearlt double also

Oh, but didn't someone just say it was the Congress who did it?

Make up your minds.

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by pghquest

Wait a minute, I thought Clinton balanced the budget..

National debt balance doesn't have much to with annual budgets.

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

National debt balance doesn't have much to with annual budgets.

National debts are the result of negative annual budgets.

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

and clinton took the debt from 3.1 trillion to 5.87 trillion ..nearlt double also

the FACT is the GOVERNMENT needs to stop spending,,,left and right

There. you didnt say that loud enough. I helped....

[Finn_Jarber]

Originally Posted by pghquest

National debts are the result of negative annual budgets.

They are the accumulation of decades of deficits. If you balance the budget in 2010, it doesn't make the debt disappear

[pghquest]

Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

They are the accumulation of decades of deficits. If you balance the budget in 2010, it doesn't make the debt disappear

Balancing the budget would indeed stop the debt from going up.

The thread is after all to discuss the debt...

[coastalrap]

Well we can see that the leftists are very touchy about how their hope and change messiah has done every thing they hated Bush for, only 10 times over. They are working really hard to deflect and point to every Prez that came before the Obama. Even though the Obama has spent more money than all of them put together.

Has anyone looked at the unfunded liabilities? How much will the next generation have to pay each year just to pay the interest?

Sorry kids, our gubmint sold you to the Chinese.




Oh and by the way, I wouldn't keep talking about Clinton leaving a surplus or someone might ask where he got the money from.