I can only guess it's the same reason the only time Conservatives and Republicans complain about the debt is when a Democrat is in office.
We already had 2/3rds of today's debt when Obama became president. When Democrats complained, they were greeted with the same thing I said to you earlier ...
"Deficits don't matter."
So, 2/3 in 230 years and that last 1/3 in 3 years.
Yeah. Nothing problematic there.
Wasn't a problem when Reagan did it. Wasn't a problem when GHW Bush did it. Put a Democrat in office who builds up debt like a Republican and Conservatives go running for the hills like the world is coming to an end.
That's just about as stupid a thing as you could say in this case.
Can you please post a quote from me where I said that the deficit being so big and/or the debt being so high is a good thing. Hint: I'm the guy who said that the W spent money like a sailor on a three day leave and the Big 0 spends money like a Pimp with three days to live.
Loving deficits is a Democratic point of Dogma: They all seem to think that the Failed Stimulus wasn't big enough. The Big 0 is doing a good thing by reigning in the spending on Defense. It's a criminal lack of judgement, a trait he seems to extend to every financial decision, to not reign in the rest of the spending, too. Why target one segment and not the rest. He cannot do anything without class warfare rising to the surface.
Whoever is elected president in 2012 needs to call for the plan to reduce all spending by at least 10%. Not a reduction in growth, an actual cut of 10%. The plans need to be on his desk at the start of business the day of the inauguration and implemented the next day.
Any jag off who's late or reticent is fired. That day. No waiting. No questions.
We need a leader who is serious about leading and not just trying to figure out how to steal and redistribute to his friends the tax dollars from the people.
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