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In reply to the discussion: How the Republicans tore down our country [View all]NathanTheGreat
(78 posts)18. Errr...
No, the debt never went down. Not a single year in my lifetime.
Now...I think a whoooole lot of blame should get dumped on Bush II, but the economy was probably headed downward either way.
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Then Maybe Dwight D. was onto something since tax rates for top tier incomes were 91%
whathehell
Jan 2012
#2
It was "headed downward" because of stupid decisions made by Wall Street and
whathehell
Jan 2012
#35
if the gov't (outside socsec) runs a surplus, but socsec runs a bigger one, then total debt goes up.
unblock
Jan 2012
#10
Whatever you call it, we the people PAID for it. In fact, the Baby Boomers paid DOUBLE
whathehell
Jan 2012
#37
Indeed. Sometimes I think some people want to bury the trust fund in a back yard somewhere rather
pampango
Jan 2012
#33
you are counting them as a liability but not as an asset. that is a complete fraud.
unblock
Jan 2012
#32
Fuck the national debt...Reagan raised the debt limit something like twenty plus times, in 8 years.
whathehell
Jan 2012
#38
"...finish the job" is proven in how the house under GOP simply picked up where they left off. They
deacon
Jan 2012
#15
they still think govt is evil unless it has to do with governing women's reproductive rights
spanone
Jan 2012
#26