Imagine for a minute that the USA had no deficit.

(or a much smaller one) Does anyone seriously think that the Republicans would, in that case, stop whining about the expense of health care reform? Of course they wouldn't.

One of the tried-and-true GOP/right wing tactics is to scream about the expense of ANY Democratic program at any time. Regardless of the state of the economy.

The bottom graph is far more interesting, suggesting the crises ahead may not be crises, but trumped up. Somewhat. Either way, paying it back would be a good thing. Unless everyone does a one-world currency and the rest, in which case everybody starts over.

Dunno.

Oh, no. That was the greatest pResident ever, Raygun and Poppy

But it still seems like the top .1% will never let that happen.

Maybe we're witnessing the birth of a new era? Who knows?

No. You're right. They wouldn't stop whining.

We passed the outrageously expensive Bush tax cuts. There was silence about the bank.

We invaded Iraq and are still paying to occupy the country. There was silence about the bank.

We wrote a blank check to AIG and the banks through TARP. The bank was mentioned, but we did it anyway.

Now that a Democrat wants to do something good for the American people--now, all of a sudden, we're concerned about the bank? Typical Republican whining. They don't want Democrats doing anything that might be good for Americans because, as Bill Kristol argued, that would hurt Republicans at the polls.

imho, if we have enough money to kill Iraqis, we have enough money to provide health care to all Americans. And I don't care what the irrelevant Republicans think.

:dem:

-Laelth