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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (255207)	7/7/2014 1:12:33 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542043

How about the US debt that went thru the roof? US to be $20 trillion in debt by 2016 Published time: August 24, 2012 21:11 Edited time: August 25, 2012 01:11 Get short URL US to be in $20 trln debt by 2016 Budget, Economy, Obama, USA The US Senate Budget Committee says that the federal debt could hit $16.2 trillion after another term under President Barack Obama, but others aren’t even that optimistic. The Congressional Budget Office says a disaster could be much more imminent. According to some Republican lawmakers on the Senate Budget Committee, four more years under the current commander-in-chief could cause the country’s debt to expand by $16.2 trillion by 2015, a full $6.2 trillion more than what the country owed when George W Bush left office in early ’09. Unless President Obama makes some drastic changes to his current budget plans, the GOP members of the committee contest that the country could be in some serious trouble, even after another Obama victory. "Federal debt will increase to $25.4 trillion by the end of 2022, an increase of $10.6 trillion (72 percent) under the president’s budget policies," the committee notes. As early as 2015, they say they number could come to $20.3 trillion. If you ask members of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, though, things could be very bad, very soon. "This CBO report underscores why on August 1, I and other House GOP leaders urged the Senate to follow the House in passing legislation that would steer our nation clear of the fiscal cliff," House Speaker John A. Boehner (R., Ohio) writes in a statement this week. The CBO goes on to claim that if Congress can’t keep $500 billion in tax increases and spending cuts from going through in January, not only would another immediate recession be likely but Americans could expect to see the unemployment rate surge once more too. The nonpartisan group says that, at this rate, the US debt will exceed $1 trillion in 2013 for a fifth straight year, unless Congress finds a drastic way to cut budget spending. Comments (3) Roger Wilco 10.11.2013 17:29 It will be $20 trillion in debt by the end of 2014. It is exponential, and america is already bankrupt. They refuse to do anything about it, except keep kicking the can down the road. Watch and learn, kids. A country based on debt, spending, credit, and an unbacked dollar is about to get a serious wakeup call. Next? Anonymous user 11.05.2013 07:27 US pro-Israel policy is very expensive if including all of the bribes, pay-offs, subsidies, Iraq war amjad ali 10.05.2013 09:55 thes collapse is not because america created al-qaeda to fight against soviet union in afghanistan. the end of america is because of funding jewish terrorism who murdered jesus, envading Muslim countries murdering its innocent citizens now its time for america to pay for its cults it won't be settled even if america sold itself