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In response to "We're 8 trillion in debt. We annually pay more interest than we've spend in Iraq. The American people have proven time and time again, we don't care" by Will Hunting

what do you expect? as long as their congressman can do something for them, it's everyone else's congressman who is the problem. -- nm

Posted by znufrii Sep 4 '08, 09:11

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Congress should be about working together, but Republicans foster a notion of ME ME ME!! individualism - con_carne Sep 4, 09:15 20
- Oh please, you can't blame one side and not the other for this mess. We're 28 years into a massive debt explosion. - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:17 19
  - Correct, both parties are to blame. I just think the Republicans' mentality of low taxes and war hawking is most responsible for the debt -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 09:24 4
    - Bush isn't good by any means. He's anything but wise on budgets. But the Democrats aren't much better. - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:25 2
      - Partisan for the sake of being partisan: Probably. I think I am being extra hatey on the GOP cause of watching the convention. (I am actually angry) -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 09:32
      - I think it is time for another American Revolution! -- nm - amoxy Sep 4, 09:29
    - more accurately, it's their intellectually dishonest approach to spending, including on the war. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 09:25
  - I thought our budget was balanced and our debt was quite small when Clinton left office. Is that wrong? -- nm - Jim Sep 4, 09:19 12
    - Clinton had a 2 year time frame Congress and him couldn't spend money quick enough; but teh deficit increased under him. - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:21 1
      - Here's a linkage graph. -- (link) - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:24 [Image]
    - I thought there was, in fact, a budgetary surplus then but the national debt was still quite large. -- nm - mara Sep 4, 09:20 7
      - Yeah, when you owe $10k on your credit cards, and you can pay $10 extra over the interest payment, you're still in trouble. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:22 6
        
        ... but it's better than not paying that $10 -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 09:24 5
        
        Really, at least Clinton made the attempt to move us in the right directions - amoxy Sep 4, 09:25
        
        Or not paying at all. -- nm - Jim Sep 4, 09:24 3
        
        Or charging more to that credit card. -- nm - mara Sep 4, 09:28 2
        
        Hello world, I'd like to get an increse on my limit. Thanks. -- nm - USA Sep 4, 09:34 1
        
        Okay! -- nm - US Congress Sep 4, 09:36
    - our national debt wasn't small, it'd just stopped increasing. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 09:20 1
      - deficit vs. debt -- nm - zork Sep 4, 09:21
  - and ironically, the only time we've had a balanced budget was when a democrat was in the white house. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 09:19

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