A Bi-Partisan issue

[bill718]

In 2001 when George W Bush became President, he inherited a country in good financial shape, and a nice national cash surplus to work with. 8 years later America was bogged down in 2 wars, and was awash in red ink with a massive national debt. Fast forward to 2016, the wars are now less costly, but the national debt is even worse than 8 years ago. Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers are guilty of letting this situation spin out of control. What can we do to get this national debt paid off, so American taxpayers are not left paying large interest payments in addition to the debt itself?

 

[Moonglow]

For the last 16 years the politicians have been on a spending spree, it's time to vote the old ones out of office and make them pledge to do what is right..

 

[BluesLegend]

In 2001 when George W Bush became President, he inherited a country in good financial shape, and a nice national cash surplus to work with. 8 years later America was bogged down in 2 wars, and was awash in red ink with a massive national debt. Fast forward to 2016, the wars are now less costly, but the national debt is even worse than 8 years ago. Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers are guilty of letting this situation spin out of control. What can we do to get this national debt paid off, so American taxpayers are not left paying large interest payments in addition to the debt itself?

Things were fine until Democrats took over congress in 2006 and began blackmailing Bush.

 

[Fenton Lum]

In 2001 when George W Bush became President, he inherited a country in good financial shape, and a nice national cash surplus to work with. 8 years later America was bogged down in 2 wars, and was awash in red ink with a massive national debt. Fast forward to 2016, the wars are now less costly, but the national debt is even worse than 8 years ago. Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers are guilty of letting this situation spin out of control. What can we do to get this national debt paid off, so American taxpayers are not left paying large interest payments in addition to the debt itself?

Things were fine until Democrats took over congress in 2006 and began blackmailing Bush.

They're all on the same team slick, locate a clue.

 

[Fenton Lum]

In 2001 when George W Bush became President, he inherited a country in good financial shape, and a nice national cash surplus to work with. 8 years later America was bogged down in 2 wars, and was awash in red ink with a massive national debt. Fast forward to 2016, the wars are now less costly, but the national debt is even worse than 8 years ago. Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers are guilty of letting this situation spin out of control. What can we do to get this national debt paid off, so American taxpayers are not left paying large interest payments in addition to the debt itself?

Your political class has no intention of repaying any national debt.

 

[USNavyVet]

In 2001 when George W Bush became President, he inherited a country in good financial shape, and a nice national cash surplus to work with. 8 years later America was bogged down in 2 wars, and was awash in red ink with a massive national debt. Fast forward to 2016, the wars are now less costly, but the national debt is even worse than 8 years ago. Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers are guilty of letting this situation spin out of control. What can we do to get this national debt paid off, so American taxpayers are not left paying large interest payments in addition to the debt itself?

Right. The Dot com bubble was nothing LOL. Also, there was no surplus. I'm amazed people fell for that idiocy. National debt increased every year of the Clinton presidency. Period. No surplus existed. Since you can't get the basics right no need to read the rest.

 

[Mac1958]

What can we do to get this national debt paid off, so American taxpayers are not left paying large interest payments in addition to the debt itself?

The first step would be to stop adding to it. A real Balanced Budget Amendment, coupled with a War Tax, would be a first step.

But the partisans would start howling right way, because it might annoy their constituents and/or contributors, and we can't have that.

To our "leaders", getting re-elected is far more important than something as trivial as our national debt.

Which is why, in coordination with the Balanced Budget Amendment, we'd need strict and short term limits and publicly-funded elections.

And there go the partisans again.

So forget it.
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