We're not supposed to remember that far back. :-/

The entire govt is to blame regardless of party affiliation. Both parties have authorized spending with money we don't have.   Congress is solely responsible for govt spending. The buck stops there and both parties have shown themselves to be equally irresponsible with our money.

The single biggest expense is war-making. The Pentagon budget for the coming year is 2/3 of a trillion$ (that we know of). Stop the five (?) illegal wars and pay the debt off with the savings.

But Congressmen would rather profit from their defense company stocks. The rest of their portfolios are shot, just like the economy they've created.

Politics and elections are there only to make us think we have a choice and to switch the players to mimic change. It is one 'party' not two. Regardless of what they say in the daytime, at night they're sleeping together and whispering sweet nothings into each others ear.

"Regardless of what they say in the daytime, at night they're sleeping together and whispering sweet nothings into each others ear."

That is a great line! & In some cases, very true -

The crooks at the Federal reserve can't account for trillions of dollars then play dumb. 9 trillion dollars?......Really?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXlxBeAvsB8&feature=player_embedded

I forgot to add that the Fed audits itself....aaha haha ahha ahha ahha.....

Man thats a lotta missing $$$$; surely people were prosecuted..........yeah, didnt think so

The Fed audits themselves CashWinner$. BTW, a lot of folks don't even know that the FED isn't even part of the Govt. They are a group of private entities, and that's why they get away with this crap.

Cashwinners, I will try to sum some things up in a nutshell, First John F. Kennedy tries to stop the Federal Reserve bank, he knew these men were corrupt and Facist, He tried to stop the power of the fed from loaning the United States money and setting monetary value and policy, This was the job of our congress, He was assissinated and days later LBJ GAVE THE POWER TO THE FED.
Now for slick willie, AKA, Clinton, he and the federal reserve, are directly responsible for the mess we are in, they set into motion a economy that grew out of control,
Sub-prime lending, they made it easier for people who had no business owning homes possible, Fanny and Freddie, the housing market boomed out of control, they were being bought and sold so fast it would make your head spin, many people knew that the sub=prime loans could not be sustained, they didn't care that people would not be able to sustain their mortgages. You can just re-mortgage. yikes. Thats the number one reason why houses are in foreclosure, they owe more than the house is worth, and because of the foreclosure, it caused property value to plummet for everyone.
Now lets talk about credit cards, yet again people were handed credit cards with limits that were far from what they could afford, Credit cards were being used as another source of income...yikes
now Slick willie opens the door for trade with China, yikes, we got chinese goods and services all over America, but wait China is not buying our products, oh oh, time for American companies to move out of the country, cause americans are not buying american products, americans want to much pay, we can't afford to pay you so we will leave.
The stock market during slick willies tenure, again out of control buying and selling of stock, bonds , futures, people actaully quit their jobs to become day traders...yikes, day trading?
Investing in a company meant you weren't going to sell the the stock a couple hours later. THE Stock market grew to fast, because people were buying stocks and futures on margin , when those margins came due no one had the money to cover the calls.
If there is one thing for you to learn Cash, learn how the stockmarket works.
Now 9 months into Bushes term we get 9/11, this took over a year to plan, this we know..it would not have mattered who was president 9/11 was going to happen.
This changed our country completely. I got to go, more later when I have time.

First of all that surplus Bill Clinton mentioned never materialized. It was a projected surplus by the CBO using false assumptions supplied by . . wait for it . . . Bill Clinton.

Yes, Bush II did run up the national debt. That was the main reason he was pillared by the MSM. Running up the debt is the prerogative of the democrats.

Obama took the national debt from 9 trillion (or thereabouts) to 14 trillion.

Yes, we have increased the debt ceiling many, many times in the past. Now we have reached the edge of the cliff. Either we jump off and commit suicide or we bite the bullet. I vote to bite the bullet.

Holy Wow sully, you are in tune! Thanks – Yeah, all the $$ speak is way over my head. Besides, I wonder about half the stuff I’m fed as it is (media,etc). Prevarication on a daily basis no doubt.