“We can’t keep on just borrowing from China,” Obama said.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

So it was Obama's evil twin that spent trillions and created a record-setting deficit.

In all fairness...

Bush presided over a $2.5 5+ trillion increase in the public debt from 2001 through 2008.

Obama's deficit now stands at a record $1.8 trillion - just for 2010!!!

fixxored

If you guys are going to argue about numbers, we need some cites!

[Peikko 1,575]

Well, it helps if I put or instead of of and I just merged Obama and fiction

The truth is there is a whole lotta scrambling going on to keep the economy from doing what it wants to do anyways. Think of a plane that is running out of fuel, and you can't see any place with a smooth landing yet, so you are left with two choices: Conserve fuel and pick a hopeful direction, making the best landing you can, or gain altitude, hoping the crash will kill you quickly, since you forgot to pack a parachute. Evidently, the current administration and Congress has opted for option two.

Thanks Bill for your opinion. Actually, I heard a fascinating fictionalisation of how this mess might have come about involving a lot of goats being squashed on a Somali airport runway, the Great Hargeisa Goat Bubble (if anyone is interested).

Oh. do tell!

Don't try this at work!

The top link, the iplayers are a bit funny on wireless networks, but it should work ok

Link

Thanks, but my attention span is too short to sit through a 45 minute radio play, but I did ask, didn't I?

I am a radio play fan, so it's no hardship for me, it was kind of fun and funny and I have a much better idea about derivatives. I also like some US stuff on PBS, like Garrison Keillor and his Prairie Home Companion and of course Click and Clack. I'm a bit of a talk radio junky, just not the 'angry man' kind.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

So it was Obama's evil twin that spent trillions and created a record-setting deficit.

In all fairness...

Bush presided over a $2.5 5+ trillion increase in the public debt from 2001 through 2008.

Obama's deficit now stands at a record $1.8 trillion - just for 2010!!!

fixxored

If you guys are going to argue about numbers, we need some cites!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt

2000 = 5.6 tn

2008 = 10.7 tn