To all the people now complaining that deficit spending is bad
Where were you when Bush started a war in Iraq AND pushed through tax cuts? Bush added almost 4 trillion to the deficit. That’s astounding when you consider the fact that he started with a huge projected surplus.And what did we get for that almost 500 billion in extra annual spending? Roads and bridges? Nope. Universal healthcare? Ha! No. High speed rail? No. A modern, world class electric power infrastructure? No. A crash program in alternatives/conservation/efficiency to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels? You’re kidding, right? A more powerful military? Enhanced security? Improved disaster preparedness? No, no and no.What we got for our extra 500 billion a year was exactly nothing. A bunch of that was because of taxes not collected. My tax break amounted to 2 carts of groceries while the annual benefit to the wealthiest amounted to approximately 4 years of private college. The rest was consumed in the sands of the Middle East, wasted, lost (who sends 9.2 billion dollars in cash into a war zone?) or otherwise pissed away.
— Bill in MA (http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/a-further-note-on-debt-and-deficits/)
(Via: mariahnotcarey:katoleary:enjoli:gilmoure)
i wish talking sense to the anti-obama (they are anti-obama, the person, they arent against his agenda or ideas) crowd was fruitful. i think the only thing to do is ignore them till they start using their guns, then we can just kill them.
