The smug style in American liberalism

Re:The smug style in American liberalism by lintiness on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @08:49AM (#12910194)

you are out of your mind. the only reason the deficit is south of a trillion is interest rates are HALF what they were in 08.

2008 fed debt: ~10T

2016 fed debt: ~19T

2008 int exp: ~450M

2016 int exp: ~450M

he's spent like a lunatic, and his aca has just gotten started.

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Re:The smug style in American liberalism by CalChris on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @10:40AM (#12910943)

Spent like a lunatic would be his predecessor with two unfunded off the books wars, Medicare Part D, the 'Ownership' Society all paid for with tax cuts.

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Re:The smug style in American liberalism by adt2bt on Thursday November 10, 2016 @05:17AM (#12919176)

What could he have feasibly done otherwise?

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Re:The smug style in American liberalism by lintiness on Thursday November 10, 2016 @09:21AM (#12920538)

uh, cut spending?

LOL. jesus.

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Re:The smug style in American liberalism by adt2bt on Thursday November 10, 2016 @01:21PM (#12922783)

Right. Given that Congress controls the purse, how?

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