tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32838402.post890871361885048529..comments2024-03-24T20:34:23.967-06:00Comments on Family and Friends blog: SoapboxP M Prescotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12973205373056561583noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32838402.post-15238867585015096852007-05-14T19:40:00.000-06:002007-05-14T19:40:00.000-06:00bac:The run-up of the national debt is partly a co...bac:<BR/><BR/>The run-up of the national debt is partly a conservative strategy ("<A HREF="http://www.answers.com/topic/starve-the-beast-1" REL="nofollow">Starve the Beast</A>") to prevent social programs from getting funded.<BR/><BR/>Although, not to be picky, it was the deficit that was zero, not the debt itself. However, the debt was beginning to get paid down by the end of Bill Clinton's term.OkieLawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071917464425173379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32838402.post-78246730754498677862007-05-14T09:39:00.000-06:002007-05-14T09:39:00.000-06:00Very Good PointsVery Good PointsP M Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12973205373056561583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32838402.post-38428687942736150822007-05-13T22:35:00.000-06:002007-05-13T22:35:00.000-06:00Not to mention a national debt that went from zero...Not to mention a national debt that went from zero to nearly 9 trillion in just six years. That's an all time record!! The interest alone on the debt is more each year than what Edwards is proposing ... and we don't get ANYTHING when that bill comes due.<BR/><BR/><BR/>BACBAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04394238321236592123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32838402.post-89560885499320140802007-05-12T18:47:00.000-06:002007-05-12T18:47:00.000-06:00Agreed.It's a matter of the public being served by...Agreed.<BR/>It's a matter of the public being served by tax dollars or corporations (which pay no taxes) being served by tax dollars.P M Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12973205373056561583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32838402.post-73036604975010301502007-05-12T17:43:00.000-06:002007-05-12T17:43:00.000-06:00You tell 'em, Patrick!By the way, on the issue of ...You tell 'em, Patrick!<BR/><BR/>By the way, on the issue of health care, how much do we spend on it per year <I>now</I>? How much are students borrowing in student loans each year <I>now</I>?<BR/><BR/>If you add it up, it probably is in the hundreds of billions already. It really is a question of whose responsibility is it to provide education and health care. It is the argument between community vs. Social Darwinism.OkieLawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071917464425173379noreply@blogger.com