KCFlyer
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CMH_GSE said:KC, that upward trend in debt, got Dramatically more upward when Barack took office.
Please post the link to the thread you started to protest massive debt increase.
W took us from a surplus to debt overnight. He wrote us checks because "it's your money". Then we went to war. Instead of asking Americans to sacrifice, we started borrowing....and we started another war and cut taxes again. The Wall Street bailout alone was almost a trillion dollars by itself - and it happened before Obama ever took office. So that debt was rising. It was rising in 2003 when we decided that an invasion of the US by Iraq was imminent and we MUST get in there to depose Saddam. Nary a word of concern from the right. And I'd be willing to bet that in the unlikely event the GOP wins in 2016, there will be nary a word as the debt continues to climb, but if HIillary wins, it will be front and center for another 4 to 8 years. It makes for a great topic in a campaign year, but I really fail to see how tax cuts and increased defense spending is going to address the concerns about this debt.