Comments on: Report: U.S. $1.2 Trillion In The Hole

Congressional Estimators Project Unparalleled Budget Deficit For 2009; Obama Balancing Debt and Stimulus

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by galloglaigh January 8, 2009 3:57 AM EST
The American economy never did so well as the last time we had a Democrat as President --
Posted by mtee12 at 07:55 PM : Jan 07, 2009
But you REFUSE to talk about the Democrat before him.
LOL! YOU LOSE!!!!
Posted by txgrouch2008 at 07:59 PM : Jan 07, 2009



LOL!!! Who loses?? We''ve had a rethuglican in the White House for 28 of the last 40 years...

So who loses?? We all do.


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by flsunjnky January 8, 2009 3:47 AM EST
I remember when Reagan became president. My mother-in-law and father-in-law were on disability. They were cut off, like so many others. Some jumped off buildings. It took them a year to get their benefits back. I have not voted for another Republican since then.
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by torocaca January 8, 2009 3:35 AM EST
Clinton had the benefit of being AFTER Reagan. All the good things Reagan did were still paying off in the Clinton years.
Then Clinton botched things up, so by the time Dubya took office, all the Reagan prosperity was gone.
Posted by txgrouch2008 at 07:51 PM : Jan 07, 2009


Good things that Reagan did?? The GREAT Communicator??

Reaganommics??

Trickledown??

Iran-Contra??

LOL!!! Reagan is the only POTUS to have a DOUBLE-DIGIT unemployment rates and they occurred almost two years into his term and lasted almost a year. Reagan also has the HIGHEST average unemployment rate for any POTUS in the last 60 years.

OBTW: Reagan screwwed the military retirees for life. Yeah, that''s right. Reagan loved the U.S. fighting men and women, the defenders of freedom, so much, that he stabbed them in the back.

The Reagan legacy...

LOL!!!



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by January 8, 2009 3:24 AM EST
You can not spend money you don''''t have obama''''s house
of cards will fall

Posted by popstom11
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Tell that to the idiot-son and his political party. They''ve been doing it for eight years.
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by flsunjnky January 8, 2009 3:19 AM EST
Real solutions need to come from forward thinking.
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by downtowner97 January 8, 2009 3:03 AM EST
Green energy really is the solution. We can produce our own energy through a combination of wind, solar, advanced biofuels, conservation and public transportation. We''ll stop exporting trillions of dollars for oil, we''ll stop fighting oil wars, and we''ll breathe easier, which will lead to lower health care costs.

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by January 8, 2009 2:56 AM EST
All you do with tariffs is invite retaliatory tariffs and other measures in other countries. History shows that sometimes tariff wars escalate into hot wars.
Besides, we already have some fairly heavy tariffs on a lot of stuff, particularly clothing. I really doubt if people are aware how much of that price for a pair of Nikes, Rockports, etc. goes straight to the government.
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by flsunjnky January 8, 2009 2:36 AM EST
It sounds inflationary, and counterproductive. If we place more tariff, they place more tariff. It seems that we are not in the position right at this point to do that because of our current import vs export position. If, and I say if, we gear up manufacturing and export, then maybe.
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by flsunjnky January 8, 2009 2:29 AM EST
There is just something about the tariff thing doesn''t set quite right. I''m not sure what it is, but it doesn''t quiet sound right. I''m just a little shy of that idea.
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by incog-nito January 8, 2009 2:02 AM EST
Let''s see: in order to spur the economy and reduce the deficit and national debt, we have to borrow money and increase deficit spending. And who''s gonna pay for the additional deficit spending? It''s kinda of like taking out a credit card to pay for another.

It''s game over for the U.S.
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by flsunjnky January 8, 2009 1:43 AM EST
Barney Frank? Oh now, lets all believe that he is the one that put this country on it''s knees! Anyone out there have any other suggestions?
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by January 8, 2009 1:40 AM EST
Whatever we had when Clinton left office, it was a h e l l of lot more than we got now....
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by January 8, 2009 1:19 AM EST
A Mafia Museum???
We got bridges crumbling into the rivers and somebody wants to build a Mafia Museum???

Looks like it''s gonna get worse before it gets better..
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by standlee5 January 8, 2009 1:12 AM EST
When Clinton left, we had plenty of money in the bank.... nice job Bush!
Posted by lucasnico at 10:00 PM : Jan 07, 2009

Clinton didn''t want to fund intelligence agencies and military so....didn''t really save us much in the long run. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of....? (What was it again, a pound of flesh?)
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by standlee5 January 8, 2009 1:09 AM EST
1.2 Trillion. No problem obama got himself an efficiency organizing expert to cover it. We''ll all be fine. The Dems can keep on creating programs as long as they''re efficient.
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by debinok1 January 8, 2009 1:01 AM EST
If you want to blame any president for anything you have to have the correct perspective. Look at the last 2 years (for a one term president) or the last 6 years (for a two term president) of their term(s) and the following two years of the next president. As a general rule it takes about two years for the policies of a new president to go into full effect.
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by lucasnico January 8, 2009 1:00 AM EST
When Clinton left, we had plenty of money in the bank.... nice job Bush!
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by toolmangler-2009 January 8, 2009 12:36 AM EST
His mind must have been like a whirlwind blowing all the time...
Posted by txgrouch2008 at 09:31 PM : Jan 07, 2009




Thats what got him in trouble, his mind was too active and he started seeing spies all around
(watergate)
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by toolmangler-2009 January 8, 2009 12:29 AM EST
Posted by txgrouch2008 at 09:15 PM : Jan 07, 2009




yes he had a ''VERY'' good memory for names, he remembered mine fron the previous meeting (four years earlier)
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by tincup356 January 8, 2009 12:14 AM EST

I don''''t blame him, I would stay away from all except Obama, (hes the only one that hasn''''t soiled the Office of the POTUS)

Posted by ToolMangler at 08:59 PM : Jan 07, 2009.....................................................................................................................YET that is,,,just wait till all the democratic lobbyists get in line for their payback....maybe then people will start to see that both parties have sold us out...wake up people they don''t represent you ...they represent personal gain and the lobby dollar nothing else. They wouldn''t **** on the average citizen if they were on fire,
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