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porkrind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 11:49 PM
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The cost of B*sh: $32 Trillion
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/12/the-cost-of-bus.html

..."This translates into a current burden of about $175,000 per American or approximately $455,000 per American household."...
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 11:53 PM
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1. bushco was spectacular at at least one thing.............
destroying America by burying US in incomprehensible debt.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 11:54 PM
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2. "incomprehensible debt"
You said it, DoubleT.
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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 12:26 AM
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7. it represents money that went somewhere, its not just debt.
he has been spectacularly successful in further enriching the rich and corporate.
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 12:33 AM
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8. If NO ONE knows where it went and NO ONE is accountable for paying it back.........
Edited on Wed Dec-19-07 12:34 AM by Double T
it NOT ONLY is debt, but it is BAD debt.
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Rosa Luxemburg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-18-07 11:56 PM
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3. I'll send him a invoice for $455,000
I can be paid by check, cash or credit card.
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 12:02 AM
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4. Better ask for your invoice to be paid in Euros.
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porkrind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 12:06 AM
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5. or gold instead of diluted dollars
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ThoughtCriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 12:21 AM
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6. Too bad we can't bill the idiots who voted for him
Edited on Wed Dec-19-07 12:21 AM by ThoughtCriminal
about $640,000 each if I didn't miss a decimal place.
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Golden Raisin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-19-07 03:51 AM
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9. I do not believe these staggering numbers are accurate.
I think they are higher! Like everything else with the Bush regime, we only see the tips of the various icebergs.
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