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I think you are agreeing with me actually. As I said in my post, the recovery happened due to cutting spending. This is what you are saying as well, yes?...

In the past, such as the great depression and other deep recessions that America has encountered, we usually got out of those slumps by cutting both taxes and cutting spending simultaneously.Not true. Take a look at this chart showing unemployment levels during the Great Depression.Notice how unempl...

You left quite a few things out of your argument, like the fact that when Obama took office, we were in a deep recession verging on a depression and hemorrhaging over 750,000 jobs a month, so naturally revenues were dramatically decreased. He had no choice but to borrow.Bush OTOH inherited a very he...

More on Bachmann's taste for pork.Michele Bachmann Literally Praised Government Pork In Letter To Obama Official WASHINGTON -- Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has built a large part of her conservative appeal on strict opposition to federal intervention in the free market. Her real-time criticism of...

Oh f-ck me naked, you know what I meant. Yes, I got the wording wrong, but the argument is the same.You left quite a few things out of your argument, like the fact that when Obama took office, we were in a deep recession verging on a depression and hemorrhaging over 750,000 jobs a month, so natural...

You're confusing the national debt with the yearly deficit.Get back to me when you learn the difference.Oh f-ck me naked, you know what I meant. Yes, I got the wording wrong, but the argument is the same....

I'm not disagreeing that Bush's administration exploded the deficit. When Clinton left office, and Bush began, the deficit was at 4.2 trillion. After 8 yrs of the Bush administration the deficit was at 10.1 trillion. When Obama took office it is now 14.3 trillion. It took 8 yrs for Bush to ring ...

Bush's two wars, his tax cuts, and his crashing of the economy (lower revenues) are a big part of the current deficit. He's the gift that keeps on giving.Not true. Republicans refuse to even entertain the idea of raising revenues, even if it just means closing tax loopholes. In fact they want to cu...

Actually, RichClem is correct. Obama has literally spent 3.1 trillion dollars within 2 yrs. That's a record even by democrate standards. Yes, of course the republicans have done their share of exploding the deficit, but no where near Obama. Not by a long shot.Bush's two wars, his tax cuts, and h...

Another lie, the president has put forth proposals for major cuts.Everytime a republican mentions the word "deficit" they look like such a fool b/c every single one of their heroes were for EXPLODING the deficitby pushing the Bush tax cuts for the rich to the tune of $3.9 trillion.$3.9 TRILLION.That...