Probably a safe bet.

“Ignoring the future”? You say this with such authority leads me to believe you think you already know the future.

Jeez, joaquin, if that’s the case, why do you have to waste money on insurance?

I second the motion. Shroud him.

Yeah, I’m gonna go with that.

I propose a moratorium to replying to Joker. He brings nothing to the discussion, and thinks he’s Hi-LAR-ious.

‘Funny how you could care less yet you still spew your mindless Republican’t dreck on a constant basis!’

Huh? What are you babbling about?

I’m talking about this:

The only problem is that in 8 to 12 months, fiscal irresponsibility will be redefined making ol’Georgy W. look like Scrooge.

You have based this Republican’t fantasy about Drinky McDumbA$$ looking like Scrooge in comparison to Obama. After Obama hasn’t even been in office for 100 days.

Standard mindless Republican’t dreck without any basis in reality. Spewed by you. Do I need to draw some pretty pictures to aid you in figuring this out?

Blood pressure medicine might be in order

Dude – all I need is some of whatever you’re smoking when you come up with these delusions.

Oh – and you really shouldn’t flatter yourself, thinking that the mindless tripe coming from a Limbaugh licker like you would raise anyone’s blood pressure. I might need to wrap my ribcage after laughing so hard at your fantasies, though…

Yeah. That’s what a lot of AIGs big customers thought.

Huh? What are you babbling about?
Blood pressure medicine might be in order.

SaveFarris, you’re using Republican Math.
Which means you’re either misinformed or a liar.

I vote for both.

And I have to snicker every time I see more Republican’t slime and deflect tactics from joaquin. Are you a former Democrat or a former Republican’t today? Funny how you could care less yet you still spew your mindless Republican’t dreck on a constant basis! You’re almost as funny as those guys reading the messages that the religiously insane put out about atheists…

Ever considered taking a course in remedial math?

The historical budget published under Republican President Bush in 2007 shows some interesting figures on PDF pages 126 through 129 (document pages: 122-125)

(PDF pages 130 and 131 [above] correspond to the documents pages 126 and 127.)

Read: TOTAL OUTLAYS
(PDF pages 126 through 129 [document pages: 122-125])

Keep in mind that from 2006 on the figures are very rosy estimates. The real numbers were higher as I recall.

Also, keep in mind the differences between “current dollars” and “constant (FY 2000) dollars.”

For instance, “Total outlays” in:
1980 in: “In millions of current dollars: $590,941″
1980 in: “In billions of constant (FY 2000) dollars: 1,175.1″

1988 in: “In millions of current dollars: $1,064,481″
1988 in: “In billions of constant (FY 2000) dollars: $1,446.5″

1992 in: “In millions of current dollars: $1,381,649″
1992 in: “In billions of constant (FY 2000) dollars: $1,623.9″

In “current dollars,” between 1980 and 1992, Republican President’s Reagan and Bush more than doubled “Total outlays.”

In “constant (FY 2000) dollars)” between 1980 and 1992, Republican President’s Reagan and Bush increased “Total outlays” from $1.1751 TRILLION to $1.6239 TRILLION.

By golly, REPUBLICAN REAGAN AND BUSH INCREASED SPENDING any way you count it.

Bush II increased federal spending as well.

2000 in: “In millions of current dollars: $1,789,216″
2000 in: “In billions of constant (FY 2000) dollars: $1,789.2″

The 2008 numbers in the 2007 budget was rosy nonsense but takint Republican Bush’s “estimate” with a grain of salt:

2008 in: “In millions of current dollars: $2,813,592″
2008 in: “In billions of constant (FY 2000) dollars: $2,297.9″

Even by Republican Bush’s fudgey numbers he increased Federal “Total outlays” by over a TRILLION from 2000 to 2008 in “current dollars” and even measuring by Bush’s “constant (FY 2000) dollar” he increased Federal outlays by over a 1/2 TRILLION.

Those estimates don’t include a lot of things. It didn’t include the $700 billion that Republican Bush demanded just before he left office. It doesn’t even start to cover the true cost of the unnecessary Iraq War. Nor does it include most of the many TRILLIONS that, under Republican Bush, the Federal Reserve put the taxpayers on the hook for.

SMALLER GOVERNMENT CON SERVATISM IS A CON.
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p.s. Keep in mind that, “Total outlays” “As percentages of GDP” is different than Gross Federal Debt as a Percentage of GDP.

Iraq Invasion. Dumbass.

1993: 66.2 %
2001: 57.4 %

The Democratic Party is fiscally conservative.

The Republican Party is fiscally irresponsible.

PERIOD.

SaveFarris, you falsely claim that “Carter inherited a debt that was 31% of GDP”, it was 35.8%.