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Remember when Bush* had record Deficits year after year and they were under $400 billion Bandit Oct 2013 #1
I agree. mdbl Oct 2013 #20
Yep Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2013 #23
kick. Thanks for posting. eom +1 Purveyor Oct 2013 #2
This means the Repukes will have to work harder to damage the economy to keep the deficit up. DCBob Oct 2013 #3
Correlates well with the creation of crappy jobs, and inversely with jtuck004 Oct 2013 #4
future kardonb Oct 2013 #6
You forgot this... progressoid Oct 2013 #10
This is bad news. Really bad news. Yavin4 Oct 2013 #5
Not true, big business can provide them as well they just are choosing not to cstanleytech Oct 2013 #8
And they will continue to do that unless our gov't does something about it. progressoid Oct 2013 #9
The answer isnt to expand programs or atleast not all of them. cstanleytech Oct 2013 #14
Raise rich people's taxes enough and we won't have a deficit at all. True Blue Door Oct 2013 #7
FOXspin ourfuneral Oct 2013 #11
Or "The Sequester works"... n/t hughee99 Oct 2013 #16
GOP sputters: But, but, there aren't enough deaths yet! We'll try harder, Satan! freshwest Oct 2013 #12
Sick! Sick Sick! ourfuneral Oct 2013 #13
K&R DeSwiss Oct 2013 #15
Do you really Munificence Oct 2013 #18
Nope, it's the rate of growth in spending. DeSwiss Oct 2013 #19
Pretty sure those numbers are percentages, not multiples.... Wounded Bear Oct 2013 #24
Deficits Don't Matter. blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #17
Budgets as % of GDP now Lower than in 4 of Reagan's Last 6 Years Stallion Oct 2013 #21
But but but Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2013 #22
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