Putting the National Debt in Perspective...

This shows a graphic to put it all in perspective: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-01/putting-americas-tax-hike-perspective ...

$14T and growing at a rate of $4 billion a day! Isn't that just ducky! The government borrows 41 cents for every dollar it spends and we, the people, every man, woman, and child, equals $45,300. I'm so glad my 3-yo grandson will have a good life. Has the TARP money been applied to this debt? I didn't see anything in any article on that. What to do? Raising the debt ceiling will keep us "solvent" for a little while, but what happens when that limit is reached? Will they rais ...

Very interesting article ...

See article....and click on page 2....whopping 22%. ...

I would like to lend a little perspective to the great debate below regarding national debt under Obama and Bush. By October 2008, due to increases in domestic and foreign spending, the national debt had risen to $11.3 trillion, an increase of over 100% from the start of the year 2000 when the debt was $5.6 trillion. This is an averge rise of 12.5% per year. The debt was $12.3 on Feb 5, 2010 which would roughly represent one year under the Obama administration. That wou ...

Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), a self-identified socialist, is proposing the largest peacetime expansion of government in history, backing $18 trillion in spending in one decade, according to a tally by the Wall Street Journal. According to the U.S. Treasury, our current total public debt, including both debt held by the public and intragovernmental holdings, exceeds $18 trillion. Sanders’ new expenditures would match this amount in 10 years. Sanders would dedicate ...

There should be a Romney ad on the TV soon - if there isn't already - of Letterman asking obama what the national debt is and obama replying he didn't know. Good grief!!! How can ANYONE support this person???!!! ...

The Health-Care Trilemma: How Obamacare is changing insurance premiums By Ezra Klein, Published: October 29 at 2:28 pmE-mail the writer The White House's biggest frustration right now is that Obamacare's technical failures are obscuring its great success: Premiums are much lower than the Congressional Budget Office estimated when the law first passed. In a new report for the liberal Center for American Progress, Topher Spiro and Jonathan Gruber qu ...

My own grandmother came over from Poland at the age of 15 (in about 1915) with her 3 YOUNGER brothers. I wonder if she was a "legal" immigrant such as it was in those days. I wonder if she was subjected to such nastiness and hate as we are seeing now. My other branch of the family was from Ireland, fleeing the potato famine, and we know they were demonized. My Polish grandma cleaned houses, was a governess, and eventually ended up with her own family and a nice house. She was a registered Repu ...

http://www.care2.com/causes/health-policy/blog/health-care-reform-on-the-road-conversations-in-canada/ ...

Here is a link to how gas prices fluctuated during the last presidental election in 2008. I am not drawing any conclusions and leave you to draw your own. http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/2008-us-gas-price-year-in-review.html ...

Offshoring: Myths and Facts by John MurphyHouse Ways and Means Chairman Sandy Levin (D-Mich.) and Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) will be speaking to the press today about "continued efforts by Democrats to prevent the outsourcing of jobs," The Hill reports. Also today, the AFL-CIO is releasing a database that purports to identify companies that have "shipped jobs overseas."As the November 2 elections loom, it's plain that some hope to turn concern about offshoring of jobs into votes. But ...

https://groundswell.org/7-lies-about-welfare-that-many-people-believe-are-fact/ Have a great day! ...

The US spends $700 billion a year on oil subsidies which works out to $5,737 per taxpayer. By contrast, food stamps cost the average taxpayer $36/year. ...

Was supposed to make me want to go over to the dark side (Trump), then that sure backfired for me at least. What? A bunch of old FBI guys hate Hillary (big surprise) and they are trying to screw with the election by feeding garbage nonsense to that eternally spewing idiot Giuliani (and other idiots like Rupert Murdoch, Fox News)? I can tell you this makes me even more determined to vote for Hillary. With all this talk of such corruption that all you Trumpies seem to think is going on, what th ...

Will be visiting my friend soon in another state. I wanted to rent a car but found the cost was much more than I had hoped. I have car insurance, they have car insurance. I called my insurance company yesterday. If I rented a car I would be covered but does not cover me driving another person's car. This is the situation: We wanted to travel to another city in the state and the friend does not want to drive. I on the other hand would be willing to drive. Has anyone ever put another person o ...

Truth: She says he is pandering to weak minded people, inciting riots, and her entire audience is booing him. Windy says he has been on her show before but now uninvited. Wendy is saying his kids should have stepped in and told their father about being in this century, dropping the racism. ...

Just read about a woman who was to run the London marathon. The night before she started her period. She thought she could either wear a tampon or go without, to do so because she claims there is "period shaming." She went without. She said also did it for all the women around the world who do not have the products when they have their period and also she thinks some do not talk about it because of shame. I saw a picture of her after the race with her blood soaked pants. I have no idea what othe ...

Obama’s Temper Tantrum Putting American Lives at Risk” by Donna Garner 3.23.13 Obama’s temper tantrum is putting Americans’ lives at Risk. Because he is furious that the Republicans did not back down when he tried to bully them into caving on sequestration, he is determined to make sure the federal agency cuts are in the places that will be most noticeable and hurtful to the public. This way he thinks he can turn the public’s wrath toward th ...

I am in so much debt due to divorce and my job cutting pay. Has anyone used a debt consolidation company with any success? I need to do something and just don't know where to turn. ...

National debt: $16,054,053,797,341 and climbing. Obama says this debt is not anything to worry about "in the short term." If the economy gets better, the interest rates will rise. Can your children afford the re-payment? ...

Does Debt Make You Uncomfortable? After years of being in debt where 90% was not even yours, you feel so much better being debt free. Then something comes up where you have to be in debt again with 80% having nothing to do with you with worry of where that could end up. Really not a fan of debt, I rather use funds that exist, however when something medical comes up there is only so much that can be done, even being needed ones does not have to be comfortable with it. ...

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/26/debt-debate-highlights-history-spending-problems/ ...

This is ridiculous. Debt Ceiling: Should the United States of America pay its debts as it agreed to or should they default? Are you kidding me? Should the USA become a deadbeat country? Really? Each month when I receive my credit card statement, my utility bills, my car loan statement, I don't ask my husband: Should we pay these? We incurred the debt. We are OBLIGATED. We are already driving the car. We have alread ...

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/35546.html ...

I have been a transcriptionist for 16 years and am back in school full time to get a degree in social work. I'm shooting for an MSW. My husband makes roughly 2400 a month. I have just over 4000 in savings to supplement. Individually, we are each 25k in debt. This doesn't include the school loans I will be accumulating in the next few years to achieve my degree. We also have roughly 1600 dollars a month living expenses (utilities, mortgage, phone, sew ...

Now these are smart kids. Good video that just tells it like it is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnDyXrSwJnA ...

We divorced 5 yrs. ago, a 72 month car loan that he drove and kept was/is in my name only, as he had bad credit. He recently defaulted on the loan, they can't find the car, holding me responsible. (We are both on the car title). And yes I did sign for the loan, will not do any good to get a court ordering him to refinance as he will ignore it, he has nothing to lose and he can't get a loan anyway. He has a criminal history is facing more charges this month, might end up back in p ...

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