Our Natioal Debt is 8 .5 trillion dollars how can anyone still approve of Bush?

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http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/

http://www.uwsa.com/

Kathleen H
I do not tolerate name calling ....reported

Melt click on the links I provided even a lot of GOP members are sick of Bush.

Melt

In reality when President Bush took office five years ago, the national debt was at $5.6 trillion; since then, big budget surpluses have collapsed into huge deficits, and the debt has shot up nearly 50 percent.

Few lawmakers, though, wish to be on record as authorizing more debt -- the House goes so far as to hike the limit automatically. And Senate Democrats are telling their Republican counterparts not to expect any help from them, particularly in an election year.

If any amendments are attached to the Senate's debt measure, the House would be forced to vote on raising the limit -- the last thing many lawmakers seeking re-election want to be on the record as doing.

Treasury Secretary John Snow wrote congressional leaders last week, imploring them to immediately raise the $8.2 trillion debt limit. The House has put the new limit at $9 trillion.

Answer 1

Oh God come on, you know why. FEAR. They let fear over any number of things control who they vote for.
Fear and Lies is all the Republicans have to offer and time and time again people just swallow and say great I want some more.
It is disgusting, how the people in this country just back the President for one idiotic reason or another. He will keep safe from terrorists blah blah blah

Answer 2

This debt has been around for many years and to blame just Bush for it is idiotic. During the Iran/Contra conflict the presidents were Carter and Reagan, millions if not billions of dollars got added to the National Debt then. During the Gulf war Bush Sr. was president and he had commitments from the Japanese and other foreign countries to help pay for the war effort and those other countries bailed. Then too you must also take into consideration that the current president must have the majority vote in the Senate in order to go to war or pass a bill. To lay this all on the presidents shoulders it just wrong.

Answer 3

The US debt has been accumulating for years. Even Clinton "balanced the budget". He did not pay off the "debt". Blaming it on Bush is a cop out.

No one is blaming Clinton. The fact is that it's no more his fault then it is Bush's. You guys are unbelievable. lol

You fogot to add the interest compounding on that 5.6 trillion already in debt, which means the 50% is an exaggeration.

I do not like Bush's spending either, but he has raised our national income and tax revenues. I don't believe the Dems would do a better job. They're already talking about money they want to spend, not anything they want to cut. There best idea is the prescription drugs, but it will not help the deficit much.

Answer 4

People never get this the deficit has doubled in the last 6 years under Bush. So it took 200 years to reach 4.5 and only 6 to reach 8.5. Bush gave away the surpluss that Clinton left it only took him 21 months to spend it. And Clinton put his surplusses to work funding 100,000 new cops and 50,000 new teachers across the country. Today 4000 less cops and firemen work in NYC then on 9/11 because of FEDERAL budget cuts. THIS GOVT OVERSPENDS ITS BUDGET BY ALMOST 2 BILLION DOLLARS EVERY DAY
((just check your IRS 1040 taxbook govt revenues and outlays)) (the two pie charts towrds the back of the book)

Answer 5

Right wingers want to enjoy this Country without paying their fair share or supporting it. That is where the deficit and inflation comes from. Listen to their remarks about living on credit...Credit isn't a economy...Clinton had the deficit cleaned up with reserves, Bush spent all of our money in 6 months of his first Presidency, and buried the U.S.A. in debt...Typical alcoholic...

Answer 6

You can't look at straight dollars. You have to look at the debt as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product. Right now, it's only 1.9%. Under Clinton it was 2.2% So while the debt is greater in dollars, it's less as a percentage of our economy.

Parallel example: In 1993, I had a car payment of $220 and I made $1000 a month after taxes. Now I have a $380 car payment but I make $4000 a month after taxes. While my car costs more, it's not as much a burden because my income is higher.

Everything in perspective. Don't believe everything the media tells you - about EITHER party.

Answer 7

Yep, and somehow Democrats are the party of big spending. I don''t get it.

Answer 8

Fox News!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Republican party blames everything on Pres Clinton and some how use Fox news's to Brain wash masses of people in the process.

Answer 9

America's assets outweigh the debt.

Answer 10

sure,sure,yawn,...like it was Bush's fault that we were attacked while only being in office for a few months??grow up.