Comments on: U.S. Headed For Record Deficit In 2009

Bush Administration Blames $482B Budget Deficit On Slumping Economy, Stimulus Payments

[ubrew12]

fsw3 said: "Let''s shut down the Department of Homeland Security, legalize or decriminalized most drugs, shut down half of our prisons, use the armed forces for our country''s defense only, yeah, there are plenty of ways to reduce our budget deficits..."

Do you realize how many Republicans you just through out of office? Republicans are ''strong'' on ''defense'', ''law enforcement'', ''security'', and all those other public cash cows you just mentioned. Basically, they seem to like jobs where they get to tell other people how to behave... at gun point. You''re right, though. The country would be much better off if those skills were used in designing alternative energy devices, new forms of transportation, etc. Breakdown fortress America!!

[jon2012-2009]

I can''''t wait for Obama to become president, i''''m excited. When he and the democrats get full control of government, let the good times roll. I wan''''t have to work anymore...
Posted by jett3310 at 10:13 AM : Jul 29, 2008

I can''t wait either to get Obama into the White House so we can begin to address how to fix the war in Iraq and budget deficits. I''m glad you''ll get your wish to test that theory about not having to work anymore and see what that''s like.

[fuzzybear9]

Hello America

I saw on the internet yesterday, a listing of some famous people that have their home mortgages in bankruptcy.

Ed Mcman (the guy with publishers clearing house) lost $4.5 miillion home to fore closure, actually his house got cleared.

Hollifield $30 million foreclosure

and a bunch others in sports, and music.

I don`t run in those circles, but to me it is puzzeling how a guy with over a million dollars of income could be in foreclosure,
thats a true mystery.
but I know, I have no tears to cry for them.

and hopefully the new mortgage bail out won`t be used on these high rollers.

sincerely Fuzzy Bear

[neoconrcrazy]

with no responsibilities so i can sit on my deck, grill steaks and drink beer off my government monthly checks. Yeah Baby !!!!!!!!!!

Posted by jett3310

aren''t you doing that already?

[ubrew12]

Americans voted Republicans into power during Reagans 8 years, and now Bush''s 8 years, because they promised to reduce the size of government. What happened?

Everyone says you can rely on Democrats to increase our taxes. True, and democrats don''t deny it. Why cant we rely on Republicans to reduce our government services? Both are politically unpopular, but acceptable to us as necessary to the society we want.

Now, Democrats are going to have to pay for their administrations AND Republican administrations of the past.

[jett3310]

zoe2006 at 10:24 AM
That''s why we have you working so hard now to help pay for my lavish lifestyle of drinking and grilling steaks. Go Obama raise those taxes to help me pay for my lifestyle

[jett3310]

I can''t wait for Obama to become president, i''m excited. When he and the democrats get full control of government, let the good times roll. I wan''t have to work anymore, i can collect benefits & pay of the backs of the rich for all my problems. Bring on the hammer and sickle baby, i''m ready to ride the fast train of socialism & marxism. I wan''t to be just like France, 32 hour work week & free Health Care and with no responsibilities so i can sit on my deck, grill steaks and drink beer off my government monthly checks. Yeah Baby !!!!!!!!!!!!

[rwassel]

Yay for borrow and spend Republicans!

[omega39-2009]

(I, by the way, am just fed up with our whole government system. I considered myself a Republican until lately, and have lost so much respect for both parties.)

Posted by aggiekat2004

Kate, I used to consider myself an independent but can see myself never voting for another Republican after the last eight years that we have endured. I cannot see myself throwing away my vote on a third party candidate (protest vote) unless they had a real legitimate chance to win. Many say there is no difference between the two parties, but I wonder if we would have seen half the garbage if Gore had made it to the WH.

[tangula-2009]

It will surely happen that neither these two presumptive presidential nominees will fully deliver their promises made in their campaigns when they take office. The deficit is too high to find conversional way to deal with it. But I have a feeling that the current Bush administration has successfully found a way, so genius that American could easily get ride of their liabilities, or transfer them to others, especially those in developing world. By depreciating the dollar considerably, they have actually reduced a huge sum of money owed to foreign countries. And at the same time, by holding the Iraqi oil tap firmly in hand while pushing up the fuel price to record high through the hands of Wall Street, a windfall fortune will automatically land into its pocket. Of course, this calculation can backfire. The world will see more terrorists and suicide bombing. But that will only happen at the other end of the world because our American have F22, F16 , aircraft carries and so on. But American influence will be hurt in the long run.