that's silly JRK.What part of not adding interest do you not understand?
What part of congress and Clinton dont you understand?
How do you judge ones policy if he is paying for other peoples debt?and lets add that RR took over a huge mess and GWB had this little event called 9-11 to deal with
You Liberals are so desperate that every amount of spin you can muster, you do
Bush Deficit vs. Obama Deficit in Pictures
This is real numbers from the white house and the CBO
Seems like a good question for you to answer first, How do you judge ones policy if he is paying for other peoples debt?
You seem to have no trouble judging Obama, care to explain why it works for you but not others?You Liberals are so desperate that every amount of spin you can muster
I am not judging the man
I am judging the events that the man has set in motion
BHO is the president
I respect that
he has failed as our president
Losing 6 million jobs since 08 is one thing, being this far in debt ans losing that many jobs is another
It really is that simple
FIRST paying interest on debt IS PART OF EVERY PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.....you can't leave it out of the budget? IT's a bill that HAS TO BE PAID....?
I can understand that it is never the present president's fault for what this ''interest payment'' on the debt is, but it is ALSO not a new president's fault when they come in to office on how much is being spent on social security, or medicare, or medicaid or unemployment or defense spending etc.... EITHER. Why not leave those out of the figures as well and just make each president not responsible for anything when they come on board??
so, what is the yearly interest payment of the debt under president bush that was not his debt, and what is the yearly interest payment under obama that is not his debt?
another thing, the new president can NOT take action to affect anything, for several months after entering office....that unemployment rate in march 09, belongs to BUSH and things done under bush....
even the stimulus that passed for 700 billion, only 100 billion was used before the september fiscal end....
in any corporation, if the ceo was fired and a new ceo hired, the new ceo gets a YEAR grace period....nothing that happens financially is held against him, that first year.....because no matter the changes the new ceo makes, it takes a YEAR for the changes to work their way through the system and have effect. SAME with a presidency....
that unemployment rate that rose to 10% within 2-3 full months of obama in office DID NOT RISE due to anything Obama did....no siree, that unemplyment rate CAME from what happened BEFORE he took office....if you and others can't see that, then i just don't know what to say????
anyway....i'll play your game for a bit....tell us what the debt interest payments were under pres bush that was not ''his'' and tell us what the debt interest payment under obama's that is not ''his''....begin with that.....