Pelosi and the debt ( double suicide run?)

[thundley4]

bbinacan   (1000+ posts)           Wed Jan-05-11 09:29 PM
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Pelosi and the debt.
   
Since she became Speaker, our debt has gone up over $5 trillion. Yet she says that her Congress was about reducing the debt? Politicians boggle the mind. The sad thing is, I think she believes what she said.

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valerief   (1000+ posts)             Wed Jan-05-11 09:32 PM
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1. Wouldn't have anything to do with the tax cuts for the rich, the estate tax holiday, and
   
Edited on Wed Jan-05-11 09:33 PM by valerief
Senate filibusters, or WAR WAR WAR, would it? Or is that her fault?

No. That doesn't explain the huge jump after Bela was in charge, because those existed for six years before.

littlewolf (545 posts)           Wed Jan-05-11 09:36 PM
Response to Reply #1
2. the house sets the budget
   
has nothing to do with senate filibusters ... so yes it is her fault ... she is in charge of the house ...
so what ever happens - it is hers .... sorry ... but when you are in charge you get the glory when
it doesn't work ... its your fault ...

bbinacan   (1000+ posts)           Wed Jan-05-11 09:37 PM
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3. Yes it is. n/t
   

AnnieBW   (1000+ posts)             Wed Jan-05-11 09:45 PM
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4. Putting the wars on the books
   
The Bush Administration financed the wars with emergency funding, which supposedly is done outside of the actual budget. The Obama Administration did not, and put them in the budget where they belonged. That and the loss of revenue and greater need for government services due to the Great Recession are the main reasons that we have so much debt.

The cost of the wars were always "on the books", just not part of the budget.  BTW, Pelosi didn't produce a budget for 2010.

rufus dog   (1000+ posts)             Wed Jan-05-11 10:08 PM
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8. that right there is 3 plus trillion
   
to the OP, your logic is flawed and lame, 60% is due to creative accounting by Bush that was corrected. Add decreased revenue due to down turn and you are below a trillion. So ****ing explain why you are calling her out for 20%! Which is exactly what a ****ing REPUKE does, focus on the 20%!

See my comment above, ****wad.

[BEG]

Pelosi has been in charge from January 2007 to January 2011.  You guys are idiots.

[AllosaursRus]

rufus dog   (1000+ posts)             Wed Jan-05-11 10:08 PM
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8. that right there is 3 plus trillion
  
to the OP, your logic is flawed and lame, 60% is due to creative accounting by Bush that was corrected. Add decreased revenue due to down turn and you are below a trillion. So ****ing explain why you are calling her out for 20%! Which is exactly what a ****ing REPUKE does, focus on the 20%!

WTF????

So what the hell have y'all been bitchin' about for 5 ****in' years? If it was creative accounting, just how the hell did you know 5 years ago it wasn't in the budget?

For cryin' out loud, if it was "hidden" until "O'bumbler" and "Putrid*****" got a hold of the books, just how in the hell did you know about it? Ya got some kind of super secret decoder ring handed out by the CIA??? Where can I get one?

Y'all have been bitchin' and complainin' ever since the Damn war started!

**** off and die! Do the world a favor!

Yer graspin' at straws my friend, graspin' at straws! Me thinks yer goin' to drown!

[true_blood]

valerief   (1000+ posts)             Wed Jan-05-11 09:32 PM
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1. Wouldn't have anything to do with the tax cuts for the rich

The rich got tax cuts? Really?
You're so DUmb, it hurts me to think for you.

[USA4ME]

They can try to make all the excuses they want.  Fact is, this...

Since Pelosi became Speaker, our debt has gone up over $5 trillion.

... is undeniable.

.

[jukin]

Now this will be hard for the 1+1=POTATO crownd that are collectively known as democrats but I will try anyway.

National debt when Nasty Pelousy took over $8,670,596,242,973. National debt when her cold hand reluctantly handed the gavel over to Boehner $13,858,529,371,601

This is where it gets tricky (for someone that has not passed first grade):
$13,858,529,371,601-$8,670,596,242,973=$5,187,933,128 or 5.2 Trillion dollars in debt.

[AllosaursRus]

Now this will be hard for the 1+1=POTATO crownd that are collectively known as democrats but I will try anyway.

National debt when Nasty Pelousy took over $8,670,596,242,973. National debt when her cold hand reluctantly handed the gavel over to Boehner $13,858,529,371,601

This is where it gets tricky (for someone that has not passed first grade):
$13,858,529,371,601-$8,670,596,242,973=$5,187,933,128 or 5.2 Trillion dollars in debt.

Now 'spose for a minute, I know 'sposin' for you lurkin' cowards is difficult, but try, that a Repub had been holdin' the Golden Gavel durin' this time!

Log in and let me know how you'd be blamin' Clintoon!