The Top Ten Reasons America is Broke

[upstatecajun]

1) Exxon Mobil made $19 billion in profits in 2009. Exxon not only paid no federal income taxes, it actually received a $156 million rebate from the IRS, according to its SEC filings.

2) Bank of America received a $1.9 billion tax refund from the IRS last year, although it made $4.4 billion in profits and received a bailout from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department of nearly $1 trillion.

See more at http://progressivetoo.com/2011/03/30/the-top-ten-reasons-america-is-broke/

[Wolf Frankula]

1. Reasons missed

Ronald Wilson Reagan. (You remember, Bonzo's Co-star)
George Herbert Hoover Bush.
George Walker Bush. (Bonzo's son)
Iraq war,
Afghanistan War.
Give aways to the rich.
Star Wars (the boondoggle, not the movie)

Wolf

[chollybocker]

2. Good list.

Add: Jobs shipped overseas.

[LiberalFighter]

3. 1-10 --- Republicans are the Problem