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I am not rich but I can take care of myself because I was raised to become self reliant and not to depend on government assistance everytime difficulties arose. FYI- the tax hikes were on everyone making over a few hundred thousand a year and that is not super wealthy. I want you to tell me why half of this country pays no income tax and people like you are crying and screaming that those that do pay taxes arent paying their fair share.

  Pot calling kettle

Big Girl is going to tell you that this isn't true ( because she said so)

NO big girl.  The debt issue isn't all I have.  But if you have, as you say, rededicated your life to Christ, why would you continue to say that the debt going from 10 trillion to 17 trillion under this administration is untrue?  Doing so is a blatant lie.  And , of course, you already know that.  If you want more than the debt, Benghazi and entitlements, we could discuss Solyndra, the IRS scandal, fast and furious.  Would that be enough?  I think you are just frustrated that thinkprogress.org cant bail you out on the debt issue nor can any other website and, as a result, you just dismiss it as not true.  Another issue we could discuss is how you believe that the Texas economy is bad and the U.S. economy is good.  The two are nowhere close in  comparison.  Trouble for you is that the opposite of what you contend is the truth.

Yes, I know the answer.  Its called too much government, too much spending, and too little accountability regardless of the party in power..  I understand you think you are going to pin it on one party, but I can debate that with you ad infinitum.  So if you want to do it, you start it .  But for the record, the answer, from my perspective is EXACTLY what I stated.  Instead of worrying about how it got this high, we should be trying to find ways to make government smaller and more efficient.  Regardless of what you attempt to prove, once again, you cannot, under any circumstance, alter the absolute unequivocal fact that the debt has increase from 10 trillion to 17 trillion under this President who stated how unpatriotic and irresponsible it was( not to mention an example of failed leadership) when the debt was 8 trillion.

But our friends on the left honestly believe that the profit motive is evil and that the primary reason companies go into business should be to provide jobs and break even.  Best example of that flawed thinking is British Petroleum.  They have  paid out billions in damages ( mostly from profits)  If they hadn't made a profit, the government would institute another bailout which ultimately winds up coming out of our pockets and our childrens pockets and their childrens pockets, etc etc etc

Looking back doesn't do much good.  If I make 50,000 per year, have 300,000 in credit card debt and my income is insufficient to pay even the interest on that debt, my focus must be on not taking on additional debt and cutting expenses as opposed to focusing on the various issues that put me in that position.  I know one thing that the administration doesn't seem to  know- borrowing more money and justifying it by saying it is compassionate is total idiocy.  I also know that throwing money at big time losers like Solyndra only enhances our problems.  Perhaps you would like to now expound upon the question(s) you posed to me

Just wondering if ANYONE believes that the main objective of the teachers union is to make sure the kids get the best possible education?

In any case, I am pretty confident there are more than a "few" involved as expressed by Da Dove, indictments or not.

When Mr. Reagan left office, debt was about 40% of Gross Domestic Product.  Today it is in excess of 100% of Gross Domestic Product and shows no sign of slowing its ascent.  I would also remind Big Girl and TxHoops that the ONLY time we have had our triple AAA debt rating lowered is during the current administration.  Sorry, you cant blame any republicans for that one.

That's because the President says "my way or the highway" and that is what you called flawed leadership

Perhaps our President, (who is an expert on constitutional law) will have Mr. Holder find a way to nullify this decision.

Without getting too deep into semantics, I am confident that Da Dove gets my drift.

JFK, in his 1963 State of the Union address, proposed substantial reduction in martginal tax rates, as well as a reduction in corporate tax rates.

If I owe 50 dollars and it triples to 150, that is substanially different than if I owe 10,000 dollars and it becomes 30,000. Please keep in mind that the DEBT and the DEFICIT are NOT the same thing If we want to talk about taxes and flourishing economies, then we will have to include Mr. Kennedy and his methods were at considerable odds with the current democrat beliefs.

Why dont you go to the post that is entitled "the race card" and see who the initiator of said post was?

Well Dove, it would appear that Hippy is of the opinion there are lots of convictions forthcoming. Are you suggesting he is making this stuff up?

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A Republican who, in an attempt to compromise (a word not in the vocabulary of the current President) accepted, in exchange, promises from Democrat controlled houses regarding spending that went unfulfilled.

  Why do research? Its obvious you dont when it comes to the National Debt, which is STILL 70% higher than it was when the current President took office.

Race card is a tern coined by normal folks who believe that "race" has become a crutch more often than it should be.

We can blame the President for trying to grow an already bloated and inefficient government. Or is what has happened in the last six years ( including the 70% increase in national debt that you refuse to acknowledge)the fault of Bush? We can also blame the President for trying to continually promote the idea that the government can solve all problems and all you have to do is keep raising taxes on the "evil rich" to pay for the ineffective methods of the government.

Yes, Smitty, get off the subject because it is true and there is no way to spin it and the only other choice is to create a "birthplace diversion"

Its very easy to be a party to a crime( and look the other way) without being convicted of one. For the record, I believe the 50-100 number is something you contrived. I dont recall anyone giving specific numbers of those to be convicted but rather a suggestion that there were lots of unethical things going on and many people were either involved or knew about it and said nothing.

Who knows? Why did Susan Rice say that Mr. Berghdal served in the Armed Forces with distinction? Perhaps Mr. Jones is the rights version of Michael Moore.