As a result of the financial crash, we are approx .4T more in debt every year, due to previously-committed-to government obligations. We've been talking about ways to fix the deficit but the financial crash put a big reduction in revenues that we haven' overcome yet.
We were talking about authenticity. I have never read once here where you have acknowledged the fact that such a huge portion of the increase in the size of the deficit is from reduced revenues from the severe economic downturn., and not anywhere near all from additional spending.
I have not once heard you acknowledge the fact that president Obama has slowed the growth of the federal government far far far below president Bush.
Show some integrity Tom. Let's both put the honest facts on the table and cut the bullshit. Look what Bush inherited. Look what Obama inherited.
No sane person can doubt Obama spends every day of his life trying to pull America out of the mess he was handed. He's made some real progress in spite of the deplorable obstruction of the GOP in Congress.
Current Events » in reply to Re: Not sure what your point is... Unless you are somehow trying to say Obama didn't inherit htis mess?
Look at the graph
The whole thread (25 posts)
- Ready for Taxmageddon?
- The sky is falling, the sky is falling.
- Pretending again?
- Re: Pretending again?
- That will depend on what and grand bargain or tax reform looks like, now won't it?
- Let's give some of those things a try.
- Let's wrap this up
- You're not paying attention to the details of the tax hike.
- I'm fully aware of the middle class proporation
- Can we try to remember that deficits actually were at Bush-era levels during the Bush era?
- I'm fully aware of the middle class proporation
- You're not paying attention to the details of the tax hike.
- Let's wrap this up
- We should call their bluff.
- Let's give some of those things a try.
- That will depend on what and grand bargain or tax reform looks like, now won't it?
- Re: Pretending again?