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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 01:40 AM Original message |
Greenspan said on MTP that paying off the national debt was a bad idea |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. If Bill Clinton agreed with him then why did he reduce the debt to zero? |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 01:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Clinton did not reduce the national debt to zero |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 01:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I'm referring to Greenspan's own statement. He contradicts himself. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 05:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. If Clinton did not reduce the national debt to Near zero, |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. Slow down for a second here... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. because you dont want to PISS OFF the banking mafia.. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
6. Of course it's a bad idea |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
7. Fed Governors, Fed Chairmen represent who? Who do they represent? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 02:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Exactly, Greenspan did fuel government and consumer |
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silverback (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 02:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. If we all paid off our debt... |
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piesRsquare (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 03:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b! |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 05:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Also, Greenspan would say the gov. would be sucking up too much cash |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 07:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. If I ran my business like you sugest I wouldn't have one long |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. silverback strikes me as a recently converted repuke... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. "Bill never actually balanced the budget, the national debt increased every year" |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
13. I'm Reading Greenspan's Book. He's An Idiot. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
15. Greenspan is an Ayn Rand anarchist who would seek to kill off the poor |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
16. Why pay it off when you can inflate it away? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
17. Greenspan called himself a LIBERTARIAN republican |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
18. He ignores that it was not even true that we had a real surplus |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-24-07 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
19. i wanted to slap him yesterday too. |
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