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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:50 AM Original message |
How are "both sides" to blame for the national debt? |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Bush and the GOP created it...the Democrats did nothing to stop them. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That's it |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Politicians vote for popular stuff. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Then why not do some constructive popular stuff? |
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HappyMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. True. Wash, rinse, repeat. nt |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. The stage was set during the BushCo Regime. |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
4. Sheer repetition. n/t |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'd show 'em this: |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. excellent--says it all. And Boehner knows this. He's just a liar. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. That belongs in it's own thread. It's a great visual. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. The debt is large but not MAJOR CRISIS large. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. These might sound like stupid questions... |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The UK had, at the end of the Napoleonic Wars.... |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. The debt ceiling is not infinite |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. If you were growing faser than you were borrowing.. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. If it were to account for peak growth periods, that would be one thing... it's not |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. No it doesn't. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I understand about the default. That's not the issue, though (it's a symptom) |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. So it is only 'ever increasing' if federal revenues are not keeping pace. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because The Tee Vee Says So |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. Because both sides have been present as it became an issue |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. The blames lies in those who crave power and control |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. A pox on both their houses. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
23. When the right-wing does something particularly awful, they come like a swarm. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. Because the wars, bankster bailouts, taxcuts for the rich, "free trade" etc. |
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