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Thank you Republicans for squandering the budget surpluses given to you by Clinton!
So if the debt is 90% of GDP, that's like making $100,000 year and owing $90,000 on your mortgage. Most people don't blink at such a situation.
And to cut Government spending during the biggest recession of our lives would be irresponsible - would have put millions more people into crisis. Thank goodness Obama got elected at this crucial time in our country.
2. when clinton left office the wqas an 5.81 TRILLION dollar debt....clinton incrased the debt from 3.1 to 5.81 trillion....nearly double...just like bush
Every thread on this subject gets twisted with Dem vs Repub, surplus a decade ago vs who spent all the money.
That is HISTORY folks. Finger pointing won't make that huge RED number go away.
We are where we are thanks to both sides and you can go back to the mid 1920's if you want to document who had a surplus and who had a deficit. But at the end of the day, it does not matter.
We are on a suicide course here the likes of which the US has never seen before.
Exactly its time waste time to stop this finger pointing about who is to blame and for what
What do we do to change it now? Because we cant keep going like we are now
Thank you Republicans for squandering the budget surpluses given to you by Clinton!
So if the debt is 90% of GDP, that's like making $100,000 year and owing $90,000 on your mortgage. Most people don't blink at such a situation.
And to cut Government spending during the biggest recession of our lives would be irresponsible - would have put millions more people into crisis. Thank goodness Obama got elected at this crucial time in our country.
We need to stop looking backwards and blaming previous presidents. That will not solve our problem. If we dont start drastically CUTTING SPENDING our country is going to be bankrupt.
Not sure why some of you think our gov can afford to keep spending. Not sure why some of you are so willing to work for the gov to take and owe the gov so much of your hard earned money
We aren't paying for what we are getting. We need to do that. Or reduce what we are getting to match what we are paying for.
Every thread on this subject gets twisted with Dem vs Repub, surplus a decade ago vs who spent all the money.
That is HISTORY folks. Finger pointing won't make that huge RED number go away.
We are where we are thanks to both sides and you can go back to the mid 1920's if you want to document who had a surplus and who had a deficit. But at the end of the day, it does not matter.
We are on a suicide course here the likes of which the US has never seen before.
......What do we do to change it now? Because we cant keep going like we are now
Well, we could try stopping spending to buy votes. Most of the "entitlement"
expansion is targeted at purchasing votes to guarantee staying in power.
The American people are going to have to lower their expectations for material possessions. A return to the concept of "self-responsibility" is the best road to freedom from government control. Being weaned off breast-feeding isn't pleasant, but its' a necessary step to independence.
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