How Are We Gonna Pay for the $7.9 Trillion that Obama Added to the National Debt?

[litman]

Apparently no facts righties don't understand that Obama had to send a lot of money to get this country running again so Trump could try and take credit for the economy. Bush and the republicans tanked the economy
and left Obama with the mess which he did one hell of a good job repairing all the problems that Bush and the republicans caused this country. A lot of Obama/s debt came from Bush and the republicans. Tax cuts while starting another war on the credit card, throwing in part d of SS without any funding. And can't even barter with the drug companies to reduce costs. So when you look at Obama's debt you are just to fucking dishonest to admit it was Bush and the republicans who spent the money. For once it would be nice to see a rightie tell the truth using true facts.

 

[sealybobo]

If Nader had been elected or Perot in '92, we would have gone a totally different economic path --and probably have a surplus of trillions and easily the world's strongest economy- by far.

Ha! We fucking had a surplus in the 90's you god damn idiots. Clinton gave you a fucking surplus and you elected GW Bush. If you fucking idiots would have elected Gore maybe we still would have a surplus.

In fact it was a projected surplus so Gore's Surplus would have bee in 2010-2018. Exactly 10 years after his presidency.

Bush blew Clinton's projected surplus. If Bush didn't fuck up, Obama would have walked into a Surplus

 

[sealybobo]

You mean to pay for Bush's two wars and unprecedented tax cuts during wartime?

You mean the 2 wars that Democrats like Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden voted for and that Obama added to ? Same with the tax cuts and the Patriot Act and the trillion dollar a year police state we allowed them to create ?

We voted for it because Bush lied to us.

Trump hits Bush: Invading Iraq 'the single worst decision ever made'

 

[longknife]

Apparently no facts righties don't understand that Obama had to send a lot of money to get this country running again so Trump could try and take credit for the economy. Bush and the republicans tanked the economy
and left Obama with the mess which he did one hell of a good job repairing all the problems that Bush and the republicans caused this country. A lot of Obama/s debt came from Bush and the republicans. Tax cuts while starting another war on the credit card, throwing in part d of SS without any funding. And can't even barter with the drug companies to reduce costs. So when you look at Obama's debt you are just to fucking dishonest to admit it was Bush and the republicans who spent the money. For once it would be nice to see a rightie tell the truth using true facts.

What a disgusting pile of bull poop.

 

[the other mike]

We voted for it because Bush lied to us.

Trump hits Bush: Invading Iraq 'the single worst decision ever made'

Everyone knew Bush and Cheney lied except for the members of Congress and the media - manufacturing consent.

 

[the other mike]

Ha! We fucking had a surplus in the 90's you god damn idiots. Clinton gave you a fucking surplus and you elected GW Bush. If you fucking idiots would have elected Gore maybe we still would have a surplus.

In fact it was a projected surplus so Gore's Surplus would have bee in 2010-2018. Exactly 10 years after his presidency.

Bush blew Clinton's projected surplus. If Bush didn't fuck up, Obama would have walked into a Surplus

I'll ignore the syi, first.
There was a surplus in the deficit before Bush took office and 9/11 happened -- the Bush tax cuts erased it the first 2 years --- but Clinton added a trillion to the national debt during his presidency, even riding the tech boom. ( where we sold out to China big time)

 

[jc456]

I'd shut down the government, but that's just me.

 

[WTH_Progs?]

ILMAO @ "Clinton: $0/0 percent"

 

[sealybobo]

Ha! We fucking had a surplus in the 90's you god damn idiots. Clinton gave you a fucking surplus and you elected GW Bush. If you fucking idiots would have elected Gore maybe we still would have a surplus.

In fact it was a projected surplus so Gore's Surplus would have bee in 2010-2018. Exactly 10 years after his presidency.

Bush blew Clinton's projected surplus. If Bush didn't fuck up, Obama would have walked into a Surplus

I'll ignore the syi, first.
There was a surplus in the deficit before Bush took office and 9/11 happened -- the Bush tax cuts erased it the first 2 years --- but Clinton added a trillion to the national debt during his presidency, even riding the tech boom. ( where we sold out to China big time)

Yes. People confuse Debt and Deficit.

The person who posted about Nader earlier. I bet when they said "had we elected him we would have a surplus" I bet in their head they believe he would have paid off the debt and had a surplus instead of a debt.

 

[the other mike]

Yes. People confuse Debt and Deficit.

The person who posted about Nader earlier. I bet when they said "had we elected him we would have a surplus" I bet in their head they believe he would have paid off the debt and had a surplus instead of a debt.

Not being an economist, I'll leave that kind of speculation up to the financial wizards , but judging from the recent history of capitalism it would still be uncharted territory at best. And we would have had a debt and deficit surplus with a manufacturing-based economy (and not bomb factories like Raytheon and Lockheed Martin)

 

[Lakhota]

You mean to pay for Bush's two wars and unprecedented tax cuts during wartime?

You mean the 2 wars that Democrats like Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden voted for and that Obama added to ? Same with the tax cuts and the Patriot Act and the trillion dollar a year police state we allowed them to create ?

We voted for it because Bush lied to us.

Trump hits Bush: Invading Iraq 'the single worst decision ever made'

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That's exactly why we voted for it. Patriotism based on LIES.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Apparently no facts righties don't understand that Obama had to send a lot of money to get this country running again so Trump could try and take credit for the economy. Bush and the republicans tanked the economy
and left Obama with the mess which he did one hell of a good job repairing all the problems that Bush and the republicans caused this country. A lot of Obama/s debt came from Bush and the republicans. Tax cuts while starting another war on the credit card, throwing in part d of SS without any funding. And can't even barter with the drug companies to reduce costs. So when you look at Obama's debt you are just to fucking dishonest to admit it was Bush and the republicans who spent the money. For once it would be nice to see a rightie tell the truth using true facts.

Apparently no facts righties don't understand that Obama had to send a lot of money to get this country running again so Trump could try and take credit for the economy.

Is that why Obama had the weakest recovery since WWII?
Because he "spent a lot of money"?

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

If Nader had been elected or Perot in '92, we would have gone a totally different economic path --and probably have a surplus of trillions and easily the world's strongest economy- by far.

Ha! We fucking had a surplus in the 90's you god damn idiots. Clinton gave you a fucking surplus and you elected GW Bush. If you fucking idiots would have elected Gore maybe we still would have a surplus.

In fact it was a projected surplus so Gore's Surplus would have bee in 2010-2018. Exactly 10 years after his presidency.

Bush blew Clinton's projected surplus. If Bush didn't fuck up, Obama would have walked into a Surplus

Clinton gave you a fucking surplus

Internet bubbles are cool!
Wouldn't it be more accurate to say Al Gore gave us a surplus?

 

[the other mike]

Is that why Obama had the weakest recovery since WWII?
Because he "spent a lot of money"?

Because he gave a lot of our money away to Wall Street.
( to keep it in simple terms for the kids)

 

[deanrd]

Predictably, liberals here are screaming about how we're gonna "pay for" the $1.4 trillion that the Trump tax cuts are returning to the American people, while they refuse to admit that federal revenue has increased after every major tax cut since the early 1900s.

Well, I would like liberals to explain how we're gonna pay for the $7.9 trillion that Obama added to the national debt. Just to be extra fair, this is not counting Obama's first year, because, technically, it was operating under Bush's last budget (even though Congress jacked up spending in Bush's last year over his objections, even though Obama approved a huge spending boost to the FY 2009 budget right after coming to office, and even though Obama would have added much more debt had it not been for Republican-imposed sequestration). National debt increases by president in dollar amounts and percentages:

Obama: $7.9 trillion/68 percent
Bush Jr.: $5.8 trillion/101 percent
Clinton: $0/0 percent
Bush Sr.: $2.8 trillion/54 percent
Reagan: $1.8 trillion/186 percent

Again, if Obama had not been modestly restrained by a Republican-controlled Congress, he would have added a lot more debt. Without Obama's and the Democrats' pressure for higher and higher spending, spending would have been substantially less after the Republicans took control of Congress.

Presidents didn't used to increase the debt by such large percentages. Debt increases used to be in low double digits or in single digits in terms of the percent of the increase, which is the most important number. Dollar values change over time because of inflation, which is why the percent of the increase is the most important figure:

LBJ: $42 billion/13 percent
JFK: $23 billion/8 percent
Eisenhower: $23 billion/9 percent
Truman: $7 billion/3 percent

So, liberals, how are we gonna pay for the $7.9 trillion that Obama added to the debt? How? Or do you only worry about "paying for" something when it involves letting Americans keep more of their own money?

Which President Added Most to the U.S. Debt?

Restrained? Tell that to Bush Junior, Bush Senior, and Reagan.

 

[deanrd]

Predictably, liberals here are screaming about how we're gonna "pay for" the $1.4 trillion that the Trump tax cuts are returning to the American people, while they refuse to admit that federal revenue has increased after every major tax cut since the early 1900s.

Well, I would like liberals to explain how we're gonna pay for the $7.9 trillion that Obama added to the national debt. Just to be extra fair, this is not counting Obama's first year, because, technically, it was operating under Bush's last budget (even though Congress jacked up spending in Bush's last year over his objections, even though Obama approved a huge spending boost to the FY 2009 budget right after coming to office, and even though Obama would have added much more debt had it not been for Republican-imposed sequestration). National debt increases by president in dollar amounts and percentages:

Obama: $7.9 trillion/68 percent
Bush Jr.: $5.8 trillion/101 percent
Clinton: $0/0 percent
Bush Sr.: $2.8 trillion/54 percent
Reagan: $1.8 trillion/186 percent

Again, if Obama had not been modestly restrained by a Republican-controlled Congress, he would have added a lot more debt. Without Obama's and the Democrats' pressure for higher and higher spending, spending would have been substantially less after the Republicans took control of Congress.

Presidents didn't used to increase the debt by such large percentages. Debt increases used to be in low double digits or in single digits in terms of the percent of the increase, which is the most important number. Dollar values change over time because of inflation, which is why the percent of the increase is the most important figure:

LBJ: $42 billion/13 percent
JFK: $23 billion/8 percent
Eisenhower: $23 billion/9 percent
Truman: $7 billion/3 percent

So, liberals, how are we gonna pay for the $7.9 trillion that Obama added to the debt? How? Or do you only worry about "paying for" something when it involves letting Americans keep more of their own money?

Which President Added Most to the U.S. Debt?

When Eisenhower and Truman were president the tax rate on the wealthiest Americans was like 90%. And they still got to be billionaires. And all the Republicans huge debt together and subtract the Obamas and you still have over 4 trillion in debt. And remember Republican said they would do anything to keep Obama from one term even if it hurt the country. And that includes in enormous debt. RePublicans didn’t just screw Obama they screwed America. And they’re doing it now even worse.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

In the final 2 FYs of Obama admin we were adding $87,261,831,238 to our national debt each month.

Since that time we are adding $110,036,848,797 to our national debt each month.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Is that why Obama had the weakest recovery since WWII?
Because he "spent a lot of money"?

Because he gave a lot of our money away to Wall Street.
( to keep it in simple terms for the kids)

Because he gave a lot of our money away to Wall Street.

How much? To which companies? Be specific.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Predictably, liberals here are screaming about how we're gonna "pay for" the $1.4 trillion that the Trump tax cuts are returning to the American people, while they refuse to admit that federal revenue has increased after every major tax cut since the early 1900s.

Well, I would like liberals to explain how we're gonna pay for the $7.9 trillion that Obama added to the national debt. Just to be extra fair, this is not counting Obama's first year, because, technically, it was operating under Bush's last budget (even though Congress jacked up spending in Bush's last year over his objections, even though Obama approved a huge spending boost to the FY 2009 budget right after coming to office, and even though Obama would have added much more debt had it not been for Republican-imposed sequestration). National debt increases by president in dollar amounts and percentages:

Obama: $7.9 trillion/68 percent
Bush Jr.: $5.8 trillion/101 percent
Clinton: $0/0 percent
Bush Sr.: $2.8 trillion/54 percent
Reagan: $1.8 trillion/186 percent

Again, if Obama had not been modestly restrained by a Republican-controlled Congress, he would have added a lot more debt. Without Obama's and the Democrats' pressure for higher and higher spending, spending would have been substantially less after the Republicans took control of Congress.

Presidents didn't used to increase the debt by such large percentages. Debt increases used to be in low double digits or in single digits in terms of the percent of the increase, which is the most important number. Dollar values change over time because of inflation, which is why the percent of the increase is the most important figure:

LBJ: $42 billion/13 percent
JFK: $23 billion/8 percent
Eisenhower: $23 billion/9 percent
Truman: $7 billion/3 percent

So, liberals, how are we gonna pay for the $7.9 trillion that Obama added to the debt? How? Or do you only worry about "paying for" something when it involves letting Americans keep more of their own money?

Which President Added Most to the U.S. Debt?

When Eisenhower and Truman were president the tax rate on the wealthiest Americans was like 90%. And they still got to be billionaires. And all the Republicans huge debt together and subtract the Obamas and you still have over 4 trillion in debt. And remember Republican said they would do anything to keep Obama from one term even if it hurt the country. And that includes in enormous debt. RePublicans didn’t just screw Obama they screwed America. And they’re doing it now even worse.

And remember Republican said they would do anything to keep Obama from one term even if it hurt the country.

You're full of shit.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Predictably, liberals here are screaming about how we're gonna "pay for" the $1.4 trillion that the Trump tax cuts are returning to the American people, while they refuse to admit that federal revenue has increased after every major tax cut since the early 1900s.

Well, I would like liberals to explain how we're gonna pay for the $7.9 trillion that Obama added to the national debt. Just to be extra fair, this is not counting Obama's first year, because, technically, it was operating under Bush's last budget (even though Congress jacked up spending in Bush's last year over his objections, even though Obama approved a huge spending boost to the FY 2009 budget right after coming to office, and even though Obama would have added much more debt had it not been for Republican-imposed sequestration). National debt increases by president in dollar amounts and percentages:

Obama: $7.9 trillion/68 percent
Bush Jr.: $5.8 trillion/101 percent
Clinton: $0/0 percent
Bush Sr.: $2.8 trillion/54 percent
Reagan: $1.8 trillion/186 percent

Again, if Obama had not been modestly restrained by a Republican-controlled Congress, he would have added a lot more debt. Without Obama's and the Democrats' pressure for higher and higher spending, spending would have been substantially less after the Republicans took control of Congress.

Presidents didn't used to increase the debt by such large percentages. Debt increases used to be in low double digits or in single digits in terms of the percent of the increase, which is the most important number. Dollar values change over time because of inflation, which is why the percent of the increase is the most important figure:

LBJ: $42 billion/13 percent
JFK: $23 billion/8 percent
Eisenhower: $23 billion/9 percent
Truman: $7 billion/3 percent

So, liberals, how are we gonna pay for the $7.9 trillion that Obama added to the debt? How? Or do you only worry about "paying for" something when it involves letting Americans keep more of their own money?

Which President Added Most to the U.S. Debt?

When Eisenhower and Truman were president the tax rate on the wealthiest Americans was like 90%. And they still got to be billionaires. And all the Republicans huge debt together and subtract the Obamas and you still have over 4 trillion in debt. And remember Republican said they would do anything to keep Obama from one term even if it hurt the country. And that includes in enormous debt. RePublicans didn’t just screw Obama they screwed America. And they’re doing it now even worse.

And remember Republican said they would do anything to keep Obama from one term even if it hurt the country.

You're full of shit.

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