[Beowulf]

Sigh. Politics.

And yes, you can borrow your way out of your debt.

Seems like we don't have any knowledge of economics, do we?

The government can borrow the money and only pay the interest, not the principal. Which is what it has done and will continue to do.

Not to mention national debt helps grow the economy.

[an0n]

Bush and the Republicans will be out of power by the time it needs to be paid back, so what the **** do they care?

[Flipside]

The thing is Beo is that Borrowing will be a short term repair. It might be good for the Republicans, it might even be good for you, but what about your children and their children? The fact of the matter is that the debt will have to be paid off at some point. Is this the future you would choose?

No offence, but there certainly seems to be an attitude of 'we're all doomed anyway' coming from the Whitehouse

[aldo_14]

Short term repair, long term damage.

[Mad Bomber]

Originally posted by Flipside
No offence, but there certainly seems to be an attitude of 'we're all doomed anyway' coming from the Whitehouse

Well, of course! Half of them seem to think the Rapture's going to happen any day now.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Originally posted by Beowulf
Not to mention national debt helps grow the economy.

at some point debt needs to be repayed wether it's national debt or individual debt.

[Gank]

http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_cost_111804,00.html?ESRC=eb.nl

[.::Tin Can::.]

The sooner its over with, the sooner we can stop spending that $5.8 Billion.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by an0n
Bush and the Republicans will be out of power by the time it needs to be paid back, so what the **** do they care?

Especially as they'll then turn around and blame the democrats for the debt. Repeat it enough time on FOX and they'll have all the republican voters believing it too.

[aldo_14]

$5.8 billion a month, eh? How many barrels does that come to?