The National Debt was $11 trillion dollars when President Obama took office. This is the total debt since George Washington was President. In the next 10 years, based on President Obama's own projection, it will increase by another $10 trillion. Attaway to go, nearly doubling the total debt in 10 years. Welcome to the American peso. That gallon of milk will be over $20. Change? There ain't no stinking change.

bearsfolks: The National Debt was $11 trillion dollars when President Obama took office. This is the total debt since George Washington was President. In the next 10 years, based on President Obama's own projection, it will increase by another $10 trillion. Attaway to go, nearly doubling the total debt in 10 years. Welcome to the American peso. That gallon of milk will be over $20. Change? There ain't no stinking change.

No doubt it would be SO much better if we just kept doing what Republicans have been doing the last eight years.

/the definition of insanity
//look it up

bearsfolks: That gallon of milk will be over $20. Change? There ain't no stinking change.

Hopefully there will be... if you give them a $50 for the gallon.

If only there were some way of seeing the results of their leadership. Oh well.

Um, no.

If we had a roadmap of some sort I'm certain that prosperity would be ours as soon as we turn the corner.

bearsfolks: The National Debt was $11 trillion dollars when President Obama took office. This is the total debt since George Washington was President. In the next 10 years, based on President Obama's own projection, it will increase by another $10 trillion. Attaway to go, nearly doubling the total debt in 10 years. Welcome to the American peso. That gallon of milk will be over $20. Change? There ain't no stinking change


This vase is BROKEN, and by OBAMA'S projection, it will be TWICE as BROKEN in 10 years! SHAME ON OBAMA!

/who cares who broke the vase, non-issue, nothing to see here, Who's Bush again? Where am I? Pancakes?

buzzvert: This vase is BROKEN, and by OBAMA'S projection, it will be TWICE as BROKEN in 10 years!

In other words it won't be fixed.

Change you can believe in?

My toes were tapping while the vase was being broken, but now you're going to hear about why I care !!

That's change we all expected.

bearsfolks: The National Debt was $11 trillion dollars when President Obama took office. This is the total debt since George Washington was President. In the next 10 years, based on President Obama's own projection, it will increase by another $10 trillion. Attaway to go, nearly doubling the total debt in 10 years. Welcome to the American peso. That gallon of milk will be over $20. Change? There ain't no stinking change.

You do realize that Bush doubled the national debt, and he did it in only 8 years. So I guess Obama is doing better than him. Of course that's not hard to do.

If the GOP didn't pretend they were still the party of fiscal responsibility, all they'd have left is admitting to being the party of theocracy.

Dinki: You do realize that Bush doubled the national debt, and he did it in only 8 years. So I guess Obama is doing better than him. Of course that's not hard to do.

Makes you proud, doesn't it?

St_Francis_P: If the GOP didn't pretend they were still the party of fiscal responsibility, all they'd have left is admitting to being the party of theocracy.

Fiscal responsibility to "conservatives" means starting a war and not carrying the cost on your books so that you can blame the next guy for it when he does account for the spending. Then some redneck twats can stand around and cheer and pat themselves on the back for being so clever about it.

Dancin_In_Anson: Makes you proud, doesn't it?

Obama is increasing the national debt to keep the economy from tanking, and to fix the things that have been neglected for the last 30 years. It is unfortunate, but necessary. Bush however increased the national debt without accomplishing anything, except screwing up everything he touched.

You must be so proud.

Dinki: Obama is increasing the national debt to keep the economy from tanking

Well, if running an apeshiat deficit was the answer, the economy never would have tanked...Oh wait...the deficit wasn't spent on the right things, like expanding every single facet of the federal government, right?

Man, talk about a ship that has long ago set sail. Anyone who argues that the Repubs would be doing a better job is, frankly just arguing to argue, and can't possibly believe their own arguments. Or they are just that blind to reality.

Listen, idiots.

We need to spend some money on THIS country for a while.

You knuckle dragging troglodytes had NOOOO problems when Bush created a "Department of Homeland Security" and wasted trillions of dollars fighting his farking Daddy issues in Iraq, so SHUT THE FARK UP when the president decides to spend some money on education, energy and health care for this country.

These are the people who fought against the renewed GI Bill. Why would you do that unless you hated veterans AND education?

Like a bankrupt 500 pound man lecturing a bankrupt 800 pound man not to order those 30 pizzas for lunch on credit, because 25 is more reasonable and responsible.

/You're both fatshiats, it's time for a fast

what_now: Listen, idiots.

We need to spend some money on THIS country for a while.

You knuckle dragging troglodytes had NOOOO problems when Bush created a "Department of Homeland Security" and wasted trillions of dollars fighting his farking Daddy issues in Iraq, so SHUT THE FARK UP when the president decides to spend some money on education, energy and health care for this country.

These are the people who fought against the renewed GI Bill. Why would you do that unless you hated veterans AND education?

In a word, THIS.

Dancin_In_Anson: Well, if running an apeshiat deficit was the answer, the economy never would have tanked...Oh wait...the deficit wasn't spent on the right things, like expanding every single facet of the federal government, right?

Don't worry. Now that we're heading off on The Republican Road to Recovery^TM, everything's going to be just peachy. And, afterwords, we'll all go to the House of Pancakes.

MorrisBird: Don't worry. Now that we're heading off on The Republican Road to RecoveryTM, everything's going to be just peachy.

Not sure if you'll need to explain that. For some reason a lot of the "independents" missed the epic thread.

So the GOP is willing to raise taxes to pay for this, right? I mean to avoid putting it off onto their kids they will pay now I assume.

Mordant: For some reason a lot of the "independents" missed the epic thread.

I'm calling D_I_A out for being a lurker in said epic thread. I have faith in him.

MorrisBird: Don't worry. Now that we're heading off on The Republican Road to RecoveryTM, everything's going to be just peachy. And, afterwords, we'll all go to the House of Pancakes.

It all makes sense now...

MorrisBird: I'm calling D_I_A out for being a lurker in said epic thread. I have faith in him.

What thread was that?

Dancin_In_Anson: Dinki: Obama is increasing the national debt to keep the economy from tanking

Well, if running an apeshiat deficit was the answer, the economy never would have tanked...Oh wait...the deficit wasn't spent on the right things, like expanding every single facet of the federal government, right?

Next up - Paris Hilton will lecture us here on the subject of chastity.

Seriously, after what your brand of ideas have led to in the last decade or so, at least have the decency to shut up for a while about a subject about which you understand NOTHING.

Dancin_In_Anson: What thread was that?

Tee hee! Show us your tits.

bronyaur1: Seriously, after what your brand of ideas have led to in the last decade or so

Less spending smaller government? Sorry, that hasn't been in practice since 2000. Sacrificed on the altar of "compassion" if I recall.

MorrisBird: Tee hee! Show us your tits.

I'll send you more than that! I think I still have your addy.

T. Dawg: It all makes sense now...

Sweet! I have a new desktop. Thank you!

Dancin_In_Anson: I think I still have your addy.

And I know I still have your number. Fondly, Morris

MorrisBird: T. Dawg: It all makes sense now...

Sweet! I have a new desktop. Thank you!

Shucks, 'twas nothin'! Enjoy :)

MorrisBird: And I know I still have your number.

Sorry, love. I still don't know what you're talking about.

what_now: We need to spend some money on THIS country for a while.

ding ding ding! And that right there is the unconstitutional part. The federal government has no right or responsibility to do anything it wants to do inside the country. Let them pay attention to the military and international trade, and leave the rest up to the states.

Dinki: Dancin_In_Anson: Makes you proud, doesn't it?

Obama is increasing the national debt to keep the economy from tanking, and to fix the things that have been neglected for the last 30 years.


You win the douchebag award.

Why not print a QUADRILLION more then? That would keep it from tanking forever, right?

You can't SPEND your way out of debt. Get it through your head.

Did they get any new clip art for the Pamphlet of Prosperity^tm yet?

RobertBruce: what_now: We need to spend some money on THIS country for a while.

ding ding ding! And that right there is the unconstitutional part. The federal government has no right or responsibility to do anything it wants to do inside the country. Let them pay attention to the military and international trade, and leave the rest up to the states.

There is way too much personal responsibility in that statement. Then people would have to start focusing on local elections, state senates, their sheriffs and town supervisors, and OH MY, actually get involved in local civics.

You should know as well as I do that it's much easier to sit on the couch and shout "OBAMA SAVE US DERH BGAQR GERBLELBLEBLE".

ReBorglicans are the guardians of whatever bullshhitt propaganda they can crap down the average clueless american's mouth so the can get back into power.

because once they get back into power, they can begin stealing from the american middle/working class again.

Linux_Yes: ReBorglicans

ReBorglicans? Really?

"We believe you create prosperity by having an affordable government that pursues its responsibilities without excessive costs, taxes or debt."

Oh, NOW you believe it...

Let me see if I understand this:

Bush et al screwed things up (especially during his second term). Therefore, Obama et al can do whatever they want to "fix" things.

Huh?

Hank Rearden: Then people would have to start focusing on local elections, state senates, their sheriffs and town supervisors, and OH MY, actually get involved in local civics.

You mean sort of like... community organizers?

The same community organizers that these conservative morons openly made fun of? Yeah, fark you.

I like how you conservative morons actually believe that the Republicans are the fiscally-conservative party. Were you in a farking brain-dead coma during the last eight years? Do you have the memory span of a shiat-eating goldfish? Did you not pay attention while the Republicans raped our country's treasury for all it was worth?

I wish McCain had been elected. I really do. Americans do not deserve smart leaders -- they deserve to suffer.

I know what we should do...

TAX CUTS!

James F. Campbell: I like how you conservative morons actually believe that the Republicans are the fiscally-conservative party. Were you in a farking brain-dead coma during the last eight years? Do you have the memory span of a shiat-eating goldfish? Did you not pay attention while the Republicans raped our country's treasury for all it was worth?

I wish McCain had been elected. I really do. Americans do not deserve smart leaders -- they deserve to suffer.

The Republican plans simply weren't given time to succeed, how could they be expected to clean up the mess Clinton left them in just 8 short years ?

bearsfolks: The National Debt was $11 trillion dollars when President Obama took office. This is the total debt since George Washington was President. In the next 10 years, based on President Obama's own projection, it will increase by another $10 trillion.

If we had a perfectly balanced budget (tax revenue exactly equal to government spending) the debt would double every 14 years on its own.

By far the largest component (about 70%) of that "new" $10 trillion in debt is just interest on the existing $11 trillion debt.

somedoctorguy: Let me see if I understand this:

Bush et al screwed things up (especially during his second term). Therefore, Obama et al can do whatever they want to "fix" things.

Huh?

Just over 60 days in office for Obama and the GOP are having a meltdown.

Where was the concern in Feb '08 when Bush submitted his 2009 budget that included an almost $500 Billion deficit? This didn't include war costs. Add the $700 billion TARP bill and you have a Bush deficit going INTO 2009 of well over a trillion dollars. Crickets from the GOP UNITIL the day Obama takes office.

The 2009 fiscal year starts in Oct 2008.

rnld: Add the $700 billion TARP bill and you have a Bush deficit going INTO 2009 of well over a trillion dollars.

Well, that makes it OK!

So DIA is suddenly concerned about the expansion of the federal government. Too bad he was silent while his precious Bush administration grew federal spending by - what was it? - close to 50%.

Now we'll get to hear all about how he was really against that spending all along.

Dancin_In_Anson: smaller government?

Easy! We'll just shiat-can the military! I mean everyone in America has guns already so if we get invaded we can easily defend ourselves.

Hey, I like this "less government" idea.