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BigmanPigman

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7. The debt could easily be erased and even end up in the black

Reply to sandensea (Original post)

Tue Sep 12, 2017, 10:51 PM

Sep 2017

if they were to sell tickets to the fake prez's public flogging (or tarring and feathering, "going medieval", etc) after he and his GOP bros are found guilty of selling our country to Putin.

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National debt hits historic $20 trillion mark [View all] sandensea Sep 2017 OP

And crickets from the GOP leftofcool Sep 2017 #1

Just as well. sandensea Sep 2017 #2

No doubt leftofcool Sep 2017 #3

Not today - they're busy attacking Stevie Wonder and Beyonc underpants Sep 2017 #26

"Prejudices are what rule the vulgar crowd." roamer65 Sep 2017 #34

The best thing we can do right now is to christx30 Sep 2017 #4

No worries. Debt doesn't matter when GOP is in charge. 'sides, Donald is King of Debt. Midnight Writer Sep 2017 #5

King of bankruptcy. truthisfreedom Sep 2017 #13

American on track to pay off national debt by 2009 SharonAnn Sep 2017 #6

And Gore's Social Security lockbox would have kept the fund flush with cash. sandensea Sep 2017 #8

The most broken hearted I have ever been was when my old friend said Gore wanted to "lock" folk's SS Midnight Writer Sep 2017 #18

Just think how bad it WOULD have been . . . HughBeaumont Sep 2017 #24

The debt could easily be erased and even end up in the black BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #7

That, plus properly taxing the offshore banking crowd, should do it. sandensea Sep 2017 #9

If Trump were publicly flogged Yupster Sep 2017 #35

The Trump Grumps Are Already Calling Him A Librul Leaning Independent... Grassy Knoll Sep 2017 #10

How much interest is that per day? no_hypocrisy Sep 2017 #11

Debt interest payments for FY2017 were budgeted at $266 billion. sandensea Sep 2017 #12

That is the fear Yupster Sep 2017 #36

If, God forbid, the Fed can no longer keep up, rates may in fact go up. sandensea Sep 2017 #37

Rates do need to go up though Yupster Sep 2017 #38

Good point. sandensea Sep 2017 #39

And how much of this was on the credit card for lets say 2003-2017 turbinetree Sep 2017 #14

Bush follies account for nearly half our current national debt. sandensea Sep 2017 #15

Why do I feel that the horror never goes away---------------and those / that criminal gang turbinetree Sep 2017 #16

Sure thing. sandensea Sep 2017 #17

The fiscal conservatives have been silent... Dopers_Greed Sep 2017 #19

That's because a safeinOhio Sep 2017 #20

let the record show: republicans fully in charge Achilleaze Sep 2017 #21

That's $20,000,000,000,000.00 Ohiya Sep 2017 #22

back in prehistoric times when the deficit first reached 1 trillion dollars... Javaman Sep 2017 #23

Ah, yes. 1981. sandensea Sep 2017 #25

he was such an evil prick. nt Javaman Sep 2017 #27

If only the John Birchers hadn't gotten to him in the late 1940s. sandensea Sep 2017 #28

wasn't it "mommy" that converted him to republicanism? Javaman Sep 2017 #29

Good point. sandensea Sep 2017 #30

that's right, I forgot, he ratted people out during the red scare. Javaman Sep 2017 #33

Thanks republicans Achilleaze Sep 2017 #31

"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value: zero." roamer65 Sep 2017 #32