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W just passed a milestone. $16T in debt as of an hour ago.

Posted: Sep 4, 2012

DNC must be proud. Obama must be thrilled about that.

Gee, debt couldn't wait until after the convention, could it?

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Amusing typo - LOL

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Or maybe not. "W" is right, since a whole lot of that debt can be traced right back to the wars.

This is funny, because.... - (see message)

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....I read it as "W" as in George W. Bush's nickname that many people use. People on both sides have called him that, by the way....it's not really derogatory. I saw lots of bumper stickers during his presidency that were supportive of him and used "W" on them.

But, getting back to the typo....that IS pretty amusing because as I read it, I was thinking, "Yep, we can all thank W for a lot of this financial mess we're in!"

Yes, it was amusing. Too bad no one is taking the debt seriously. - backwards typist

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You know I didn't mean GWB. The wars were not illegal because CONGRESS voted for the Iraq war...CONGRESS should have funded those wars. They're the ones with their fingers in the pot.

Now, I think $5T debt in EIGHT YEARS is quite a bit less than $5T in 3-1/2 years, and most of that debt was added during the FIRST YEAR of Obama's presidency.

Note: I spelled out the years to make sure I did not make a spelling error.

Take two endless, illegal, unnecessary wars, - add tax cuts for the rich,

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and corporations, financial meltdown caused by lax regulatory policies and you will have debt, what republican "government" brought us to.

Well, then, I would say Obama - couldn't fix that, so "time to let him g

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Romney's turn.

He only makes things worse. He does need to go. - nm

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nm

how come... - sm

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nobody thought it was "worse" when we were involved in an illegal war? Oh right. Some of us did.

8 years of damage, turned around and going - in the right direction

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as soon as Obama programs went into effect. Now you think voters will invite the same failed programs back into their lives, beginning with first expanding tax cuts for the wealthy, then making them permanent? I. Am. So. Sure. Short-term "fixes" got us here. Long-term solutions will move us forward.

And then take stupid David Axelrod who said (sm) - nm

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that actually if we pay down the debt, it will be bad for the economy. What!

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