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

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

[galloglaigh]

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.

[flsunjnky]

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.

[torocaca]

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!!!

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.

[flsunjnky]

Real solutions need to come from forward thinking.

[downtowner97]

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.

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.

[flsunjnky]

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.

[flsunjnky]

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.

[incog-nito]

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.