8 years ago we had a balanced budget and a budget surplus, now we owe trillions to China, and are spending billions to try to get out of the hole the Republicans dug for us.
When you take over a house that the former owners not only let got to rot, but trashed you have to spend a lot of money to try to fix it.
@ Church: The Congress wasn’t the only one who pushed for balanced budget, Church. Clinton’s own cabinet wasn’t entirely hostile to traditionally right-wing economy policies itself.
Also, I think Ken was right partially right in his claims on the budget. There was surplus in the budget itself, as well as the overall debt that you talk about. One year of surplus does not a decades-long debt erase, after all.
BTW, I will indulge myself and nitpick a bit more: there are no “trillions” being owed to China, at least not yet. China’s share in the total US debt was around 800 billion this summer.
It’s time we stopped being the world’s police. Notice China doesn’t invade anybody, and their economy is more robust than ever. Instead of spending 1,000,000 per year per soldier to invade a chaotic tribal territory, they are building a 600,000,000 dollar high speed rail system. The over seas adventuring isn’t benefitting citizens at all- only Halliburton and Blackwater. Pretending to be a patriot while you’re sending our boys to die is putrid. We should be using those boys to build hurricane control levees from Louisiana through Mississippi, and on the Northern Mississippi River where all those towns have been flooding out every year. There’s lots of important civilian work to be done at home. Bring ‘em back alive and put them to work where it can benefit the US.
Dtroutma over 14 years ago
Sure am glad Afghanistan and Iraq didn’t cost us a single penny!!
petergrt over 14 years ago
That’s OK, not to worry.
This is one of the newfangled green technology flying ‘things’, akin to a flying pig.
kennethcwarren64 over 14 years ago
8 years ago we had a balanced budget and a budget surplus, now we owe trillions to China, and are spending billions to try to get out of the hole the Republicans dug for us.
When you take over a house that the former owners not only let got to rot, but trashed you have to spend a lot of money to try to fix it.
petergrt over 14 years ago
Spend your-way into prosperity - new ideas you can believe in.
You should try it at home - works like a charm. Just ask you neighborhood banker.
4uk4ata over 14 years ago
@ Church: The Congress wasn’t the only one who pushed for balanced budget, Church. Clinton’s own cabinet wasn’t entirely hostile to traditionally right-wing economy policies itself.
Also, I think Ken was right partially right in his claims on the budget. There was surplus in the budget itself, as well as the overall debt that you talk about. One year of surplus does not a decades-long debt erase, after all.
BTW, I will indulge myself and nitpick a bit more: there are no “trillions” being owed to China, at least not yet. China’s share in the total US debt was around 800 billion this summer.
Buzzy-One over 14 years ago
scotty, did you have a plastic window installed in your stomach ?
lalas over 14 years ago
Buzzy – Frito has a plastic brain in his head and a plastic heart in his chest.
propellerdiver over 14 years ago
It’s time we stopped being the world’s police. Notice China doesn’t invade anybody, and their economy is more robust than ever. Instead of spending 1,000,000 per year per soldier to invade a chaotic tribal territory, they are building a 600,000,000 dollar high speed rail system. The over seas adventuring isn’t benefitting citizens at all- only Halliburton and Blackwater. Pretending to be a patriot while you’re sending our boys to die is putrid. We should be using those boys to build hurricane control levees from Louisiana through Mississippi, and on the Northern Mississippi River where all those towns have been flooding out every year. There’s lots of important civilian work to be done at home. Bring ‘em back alive and put them to work where it can benefit the US.
comYics over 14 years ago
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!