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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:17 PM Original message |
The National Debt Crisis expressed on the level of the family budget. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Makes it much easier for me to grasp -- thanks! nt |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nicely done. |
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pkdu (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yep ....Thats what 10 years of Bush Tax Cuts gets you n/t |
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devils chaplain (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The Bush tax cuts were horrible, but... |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. K&R ... excellent post. Thanks. (n/t) |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. You forgot to include ... |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-13-11 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. It puts it into perspective clearly |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
8. That REALLY helps! |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 05:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. I wish people wouldn't use that comparison |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 05:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. + |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 07:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. That's two people who say they're nothing alike and neither one said WHY. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 07:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Because they don't know. Just something they heard. n/t |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. There are many reasons |
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Blecht (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. It's not something that you can make a simple list for |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. OK, I'll give it a try but this is pretty complicated |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. They could stop buying a house, or a car, or borrowing for college, or .... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. yeah, it's right up there with the well-worn "run government like a business" |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Oddly enough, that's (slightloy) more plausable |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. i usually think 'minimal quality goods and services at maximum profits' |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Doesn't have to be |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. shouldn't there be a line there that says something like |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
14. Do those facts and figures come from Gilbert Watch by any chance? |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. It shows up there, credited to theospark.net on 8/28. |
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Volaris (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
16. well, when they say |
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Blecht (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
17. Thanks for nothing |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. This isn't an argument, which the poster was asking for. This is abuse. |
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Blecht (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. I'd hardly call it "abuse" |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
19. The annual family income would be much higher than that... |
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popsicle ricky (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
20. But Mom has a war habit and she blows about 20K |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Well, she likes sailors... |
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FreeJoe (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
22. A couple of points |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
23. I think I see what happened here... this post STARTED off as nothing more than.... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. That is why I asked if you found this on Gilbert Watch? |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. They did not originate from Gilbert Watch (that I'm aware of). I got them from a nonpolitical site. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I think it helps people to understand how the country went broke under Bush. |
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Blecht (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. The problem begins with the subject line of your original post |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. $14.3 Trillion dollars in debt, and that's not a national debt crisis to you? |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
30. scary |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-14-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
37. You're missing something huge |
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