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SamHarris2012

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1. You still have one issue to address...
Mon Feb 4, 2013, 12:15 AM
Feb 2013

Where was Simpson and Bowles when the debt was 11 trillion under Bush, 3 trillion under Reagan and a couple billion under Washington?

I will always take issue with solving this problem as long as people claim amnesia for the last 200 plus years. People act like we haven't been spending and spending and spending for as long as we have kept records of it.

I absolutely reject the brazen hypocrisy of the "fiscal conservatives" as it pertains to debt and deficits. Not until they admit they started this runaway train and all Obama is trying to do is slow it down. The fiscal conservatives want him to slam on the brakes. That can't be done unless you want to derail the train.

For the record. I highly doubt I will ever get a bill from the government to pay my share of the debt. There will be no bill in the mail. Worst case scenario - in my mind - is that we default and the top 1% takes the brunt of the fallout. Guess what? I'm cool with that.

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You still have one issue to address... SamHarris2012 Feb 2013 #1
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