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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:38 AM Original message |
Just think, America would be almost debt free today had Bush not cut taxes.. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. When are those tax cuts due to run out, anyway? |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Sunsetting at the end of 2010. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. as if any more proof is needed |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
3. And yet some progressives are willing to sit back and let the GOP take over again |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. now that is a total crock of shit. |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Ya - that will work out well |
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WVRICK13 (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. I Am Not Sitting Back |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
4. umm, did you forget the TWO WARS Bush also started? |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. We will never run a surplus again until we end both of those wars and start no new ones |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. exactly! n/t |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
5. Would we be talking about social security and Medicare trust funds insolvency |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. I believe the housing bubble would have popped |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
8. Most.Depressing.Post.Ever |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Ah, hell. I could write a far more depressing OP. I was thinking about it yesterday in traffic. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. A Lot Of Assumptions... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. Rec. The GOP is STILL on that same course, will cut taxes on the rich even more, |
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Snarkoleptic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
14. A really good book on how commander AWOL ignored the advice of his Treasury Sec'y |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Thanks for the link! Sounds like a good read, I'll check it out. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. Kick &Recommended! |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
20. K & R X 1000! |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. Why is a strong dollar "the foundation of our economy"? |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. In the late 90's, when our economy was roaring our dollar was very strong. Around 2002 it began a.. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Correlation is not Causation |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
22. I don't think that makes much sense at all |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Please see reply 24. I'd be rewriting it in a reply to you. nt |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. The 2001/02 downturn killed it. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Yep- then there's that little matter of a three trillion dollar war.... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
26. I wish you would not say "only the wealthy" |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. When 95% of Bushco's tax cuts went to the top 5%.. I'll stand behind my comment. nt |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. you got a source for those numbers? |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. It's better for America to have the money and be debt free than for Americans to have the money and |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
31. And the rich will stop at nothing to highjack the country again and |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-01-10 04:27 AM Response to Original message |
33. ALERT THE MEDIA ! |
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