kpete

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Wed May-25-11 12:47 PM
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L O O K

Edited on Wed May-25-11 12:50 PM by kpete

CHART:

Bush Policies Dominant Cause Of National Debt

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has updated and refined a widely cited chart, laying out the origins of the country's current fiscal trajectory. And as before, the lion's share of the problem comes from ongoing George W. Bush-era policies -- particularly deficit-financed tax cuts, which eliminated Clinton-era surpluses and left the Treasury poised for a huge hit when the financial crisis and economic downturn further eroded federal revenues.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/chart-bush-policies-dominant-cause-of-debt.php

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blondeatlast

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Wed May-25-11 12:49 PM
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1. Bush's tax cuts worse for the debt than the economic downturn--I WISH that surprised me, but... nt

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SoCalDem

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Wed May-25-11 12:51 PM
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5. It's all so damned "5th grade math".. Why don't more people see it?

:grr:

The kid who maxes out his parents' credit cards is the one "
who did it" , but the parents are the ones who will have to pay.

Bush maxed us out:(

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gratuitous

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Wed May-25-11 01:35 PM
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7. If only there was some way to turn this into a talking point

But it's just too complicated!

Either that, or the beneficiaries of these ruinous policies are the ones controlling the national discourse (who gets on teevee and the reddy-o to talk about it) and facts such as these are out of bounds before the conversation even starts.

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abelenkpe

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Wed May-25-11 12:49 PM
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2. bummer

The image isn't showing and the link says service temporarily unavailable. Is that the same for others?

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blondeatlast

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Wed May-25-11 01:00 PM
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6. Shows fine for me.

:shrug:

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SoCalDem

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Wed May-25-11 12:49 PM
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3. That would a dream headline for me..on the WSJ or Washington Times

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louis-t

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Wed May-25-11 12:50 PM
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4. B-b-b-b-b-ut he gave me $600!!!1!!1

And cost me $100,000 in income.

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