First, the graph above adjusts for GDP. I'd be interested to see how the graph looks unadjusted. Furthermore, what the graph shows is...
Depending on where you stand on the Laffer curve, tax cuts either pay for themselves or they don't. Ah, so republican's haven't made the...
...I think I just proved he did. In fact here's the link to the PDF of his 2010 return....
Well, his website sez he released his 2010 return and an estimate of his 2011 return. http://www.mittromney.com/learn/mitt/tax-return/main
I didn't know the republicans claimed that full employment would solve the deficit. Where did they make that claim? If I recall, full employment...
Prove that you pay taxes first.
Rather than take the time to comb this entire thread I'll just say what I think is a relevant question. If marriage is a fundamental right, then...
Question is if our opponents have gotten steadily weaker. Hopefully AU will give us a better idea of what we got.
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Yes it did. But the debt in fact went up. That means more money was spent than received. That's a deficit. Hey, it was you who made the claim...
You ignored the rest of my question. How does inflation cause the raw balance of the debt to increase? Bolded: "If there was a budget surplus...
Nah. Not about to change countries. This one's still salvageable due to its culture.
I'm in favor of calling a surplus a surplus and a deficit a deficit. Your factcheck link points to that, I think. ...I need to see some...
Until that speech I was hesitant to insult the president even if I disagreed with him. But until this he hadn't said anything quite so...
Okay, I agree with that. My beef is that the government calls things surpluses even if we take on debt. I disagree with the government's method...
I didn't ignore your graph. I acknowledged that claim in my previous post. I simply say that it reflects numbers after adjusting for inflation....
Agreed. :) Problem is, not one agrees on what non-ideological, common sense agreements are. This is why I love governmental gridlock. If I...
Virtues are as applicable to a democratic government as they are to our personal lives. I don't see why they should have different standards....
To what extent does that affect the national debt? I didn't say pay off. I said pay down. A decrease in the debt. Clinton's deficits had a...
