Hopey can fix up his screw up the same way GWB fixed up is screw up.

WebsterMark wrote on 07/24/12 at 05:33:53:



Bush DID screw up, That $$$ spent went from me & you, into the pockets of the worlds wealthiest.& that wasnt the start, for gooniss sakes! We have all seen the debt go from what should have been easily managed & simply paid off back, well,, I was in the 4th or 5th when I was looking at it,, so,, 64? 65? But, instead of the goobs & the people looking at a smal, but growing debt & saying "Whoa here,, we cant keep doing this. We have to live within our means",, The very people who told us all we have to go to school & learn things & we have to take History so we will know what mistakes had been made in the past that hurt other nations & not follow in their footsteps DID exactly the STupidest things they could do,,These problems have been made worse by each successive administration,, &, its designed to be how it is,,

REPORT: Debt Limit Fight Cost Government $1.3 Billion In 2011

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Republican opposition to raising the debt ceiling increased the government’s borrowing costs by $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2011, and costs will continue to rise in the future, a report from the Government Accountability Office found. The U.S. Treasury was forced to take varying actions to avoid hitting the debt limit before Congress raised it in August, forcing borrowing costs higher on multiple Treasury securities, the report found. And because many of those securities “will remain outstanding for years to come,” the borrowing costs will continue to rise in the near future. The debt limit fight also caused the first-ever downgrade of America’s credit rating, which Standard & Poor’s blamed on Republican unwillingness to raise taxes as part of a debt reduction deal.

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...and they are gearing up to do it again....reduce the deficit indeed!  

Cantor's temper tantrum cost us how much? This guy needs to be drawn and quartered or at least put in a corner to sulk the next time he starts stamping his feet and throwing a fit.

We can't afford the Tea Party. They didn't cut spending or the deficit. Just put on a dog and pony show for their demented supporters. So we lost our credit rating and $1.3 billion dollars. Run on that Republicans. Don't forget to lie on the floor and cry....or just LIE which is your usual behavior.

Oh wait...fortunately, it is written in the Book of Cheney that "Deficits don't matter."

"Defense is a constitutional duty. Whether you agree with the war or not, Congress voted for it." Webster

"Give government  a big job to do involving lots of money and it fails." Webster


Well, you said it not me. War is a BIG government job to do involving lots of money and it fails.

There's no need for us ever to go to war with any dictator ever again, now that we have the technolgy to fly a Drone up their a$$. If we send troops in on the ground we're there because there's something Wall St or Haliburton wants.

July 25 th statement from President Obama on the Senate vote:

With the Senate’s vote, the House Republicans are now the only people left in Washington holding hostage the middle-class tax cuts for 98% of Americans and nearly every small business owner. The last thing a typical middle class family can afford is a $2,200 tax hike at the beginning of next year. It’s time for House Republicans to drop their demand for another $1 trillion giveaway to the wealthiest Americans and give our families and small businesses the financial security and certainty that they need. Our economy isn’t built from the top-down, it’s built from a strong and growing middle class, and that’s who we should be fighting for.

Bohner would readily go along with tax cuts for the 98% but his hands are tied by the tea party.

...just say'n

JOG,.. unfortunately, the Tea Party is what it is... and it ain't what you wish it was any more...
But they are now holding the right wing hostage... and doing their best to obstruct.

Bush created 10 trillion debt, Obama added another 5...
Each side can argue which side did worse, but in the mean time, we pay interest on that debt, every year until it gets paid...

It is Bush that gave giant tax cuts for the rich, allowing people like Romney to pay half the percentage of a secretary.  This was going to boost jobs and the economy.  It didn't happen.  It created the worst economy in near a century, and the debt exploded.
Two simultaneous trillion dollar wars and tax cuts at the same time was a prescription for catastrophe...
Time to pay the piper...

Just like in your own home,... you can't max out the credit cards for a decade and keep refinancing...
Now, the middle class has virtually disappeared, while the poor have become poorer, and the rich have done great.
Income disparity has increased 400%...
Trickle down,.. was a myth... America got pissed on...
The rich have to pay... because the rest no longer can...
You can't get blood from a stone.
Romney can tighten his belt and just have a three car elevator, his country needs the other one.
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Rep's may argue the unfairness of the rich paying the lions share of taxes,... but, it's the poor  and working class that do the lions share of dying in the wars we make.
Blood and treasure... that's the cost of war.
Blood's been paid,.. time for treasure...