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To: ChanceIs who wrote (90507)9/25/2007 2:40:04 PM
From: Think4YourselfRespond to of 306849
 
8.5 trillion divided by 300 million people = ~ 30 thousand dollars of debt for every man, woman, and child in this country.

One thing is for sure, the candidates are in for a rough ride. Thanks to the internet many people are more knowledgeable about what is happening and won't buy the BS they are dishing out. Hopefully they will vote and we get a competent president for a change. Then we can work on electing some competent congressmen to replace the brain dead egomaniacs we have now.

Or we can take the easy way out, not do our research and vote, and continue to complain about how bad things are.

I am seriously thinking of getting politically active this time. One more term with a clown like Bush, and most of the candidates in the running right now ARE clowns, and this country is toast.

Whenever a candidate starts talking about a program I ask myself "Where are you going to get the money for this when the country is so severely in debt?" How about a program to get us out of debt!



To: ChanceIs who wrote (90507)9/25/2007 2:44:07 PM
From: KyrosLRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
OT In Clinton's last year the shortfall was less than $20 billion, which is peanuts as far as deficits go.



To: ChanceIs who wrote (90507)9/25/2007 4:20:03 PM
From: Elroy JetsonRespond to of 306849
 
I agree the Federal government has not run an actual surplus during our lifetime. But more important is debt relative to our GDP.

Let's look at the debt problem graphically with a chart familiar to many.

The blue line is Federal debt, while the red line is Total Debt.