Thank you, President Obama!

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Yes, and two of those times (from memory) were for social security. After Carter claimed he had it all under control (after raising taxes), they found out all his assumptions were bogus...so guess what...it was back to the till.

Entitlements have a way of "creeping" up on us like that.

Reagan could not do a thing about it. If you recall he started out with some cuts and was crucified by the democrats.

What about the other 5 times?

You tell me.

The proof of the pudding is in the testing:

09/30/1993 $4,411,488,883,139.38(Debt Quadrupled By Reagan/Bush41)

09/30/1992 $4,064,620,655,521.66
09/30/1991 $3,665,303,351,697.03
09/28/1990 $3,233,313,451,777.25
09/29/1989 $2,857,430,960,187.32
09/30/1988 $2,602,337,712,041.16
09/30/1987 $2,350,276,890,953.00
09/30/1986 $2,125,302,616,658.42
09/30/1985 $1,823,103,000,000.00
09/30/1984 $1,572,266,000,000.00
09/30/1983 $1,377,210,000,000.00

09/30/1982 $1,142,034,000,000.00(Total Debt Passes $1 Trillion)

09/30/1981 $997,855,000,000.00

 

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What about the other 5 times?

You tell me.

The proof of the pudding is in the testing:

09/30/1993 $4,411,488,883,139.38(Debt Quadrupled By Reagan/Bush41)

09/30/1992 $4,064,620,655,521.66
09/30/1991 $3,665,303,351,697.03
09/28/1990 $3,233,313,451,777.25
09/29/1989 $2,857,430,960,187.32
09/30/1988 $2,602,337,712,041.16
09/30/1987 $2,350,276,890,953.00
09/30/1986 $2,125,302,616,658.42
09/30/1985 $1,823,103,000,000.00
09/30/1984 $1,572,266,000,000.00
09/30/1983 $1,377,210,000,000.00

09/30/1982 $1,142,034,000,000.00(Total Debt Passes $1 Trillion)

09/30/1981 $997,855,000,000.00

Take your ADD pills.

We were talking about tax hikes.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Taxes going back on the rich before Newt even showed up is what the budget balanced. Any moron who doesn't get it should pay attention

You think it's just coincidence that the only time in the last thirty years the budget balanced was when Bill Clinton did away with Reagan's tax cuts.

not to wreck your zen, but reagan raised taxes upwards of seven times.

just saying.

I remember the effect it had on my wife and I. The political ad which went around showed a million dollar earner being able to buy a new Mercedes with his tax savings and my wife and I were able to buy a miffler for it with ours. That was a real TV ad which was shown during the first two years he was in office. See....being 77 years old has an advantage...I remember what happened.

What effect did it have? Is it your assertion that because those who paid more in taxes got larger breaks therefore you somehow got cheated?
What is a "miffler"?
I find it irritating when people cry like babies and point their finger while screaming "NOT FAIR!!!!!".
Newsflash...Nobody owes anyone.
If you want it, go out and earn it yourself.
And.....Stop bitching about what others have and what you don't have.
Not you personally....In general.
Flame away....

 

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Unemployment drops to 8.6%

Still, 13.3 million Americans remain unemployed. And a key reason the unemployment rate fell so much was because roughly 315,000 people had given up looking for work and were no longer counted as unemployed.


Jobs Mirage: 315,000 Drop Out Of Workforce, Driving Unemployment Rate To Three-Year Low

 

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A bump for the 315,000 people who just make President Obama look like he is not the POS he is.