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In reply to the discussion: President Obama: There Is No Debt Crisis [View all]EC
(12,287 posts)35. The tea people don't care
they really don't understand, so they'll keep harping on it. Now is really the best time to be borrowing because the rates for us would be so low. But the tea people are making us miss our chance at really building a future for less. We'll end up fixing our schools and infrastructure more expensively and likely haphazardly on the cheap.
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Classic Keynes ... Krugman said we did NOT put enough in the stimulus (I totally agree)
SomeGuyInEagan
Mar 2013
#37
So SS cuts are back off the table? Or is this just meant to make people feel better?
Fearless
Mar 2013
#7
The budget deficit has been a Repuke/Teapuke nihilistic scare tactic from the get go.
hue
Mar 2013
#25
and for Democrats, cutting future spending on cherished programs like Social Security and Medicare.
AlbertCat
Mar 2013
#33
he seemed to think there was a debt problem back in 2008-when the debt was only 67% of GDP
bubbayugga
Mar 2013
#41
There's a big difference between saying we have a debt problem and a debt crisis.
SunSeeker
Mar 2013
#46
How about giving me graphs where the years actually line up? Either way, they prove my point.
SunSeeker
Mar 2013
#57