Addicted to debt

[Mich the Tester]

It'll all be OK; the republicans have a plan.

1 Abolish taxes for all those who can actually afford to pay them.
2 Start a big war against someone who's got some oil. Or possibly some heroine. Maybe both.


Oops.

[Mich the Tester]

Someone please translate

earn a profit through war?

[Troll]

It's very hard to urn a profit through was nowadays.
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Someone please translate

[speling bee]

1. No
2. It won't

Although, seeing as the US has a big army and also stores much of the world's gold, it could feasibly nick someone else's gold and then say 'wanna fight about it?' Unlikely to happen though, unless some loony Republican wingnut gets into office.

Sorry, that last sentence wasn't really very reassuring was it?

It's very hard to urn a profit through was nowadays.

Default is of course the answer, but not until they have borrowed as much as the markets will bear firs and bought gold with it.

[Mich the Tester]

Is this index linked?

I don't think even Oracle or DB2 can cope with indexes that big.

[Mich the Tester]

Is that amount of money even comprehend-able? How would it ever be paid back?

1. No
2. It won't

Although, seeing as the US has a big army and also stores much of the world's gold, it could feasibly nick someone else's gold and then say 'wanna fight about it?' Unlikely to happen though, unless some loony Republican wingnut gets into office.

Sorry, that last sentence wasn't really very reassuring was it?

[Ketchup]

Is this index linked?

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Is that amount of money even comprehend-able? How would it ever be paid back?

[SimonMac]

Lies, damn lies and statistics

Would be interested to see other comparative charts, debt as %of GDP, spending over the same term, as one chart without the other is really meaningless

[doomage]

Left or right? Makes no difference, both sustain the US lifestyle with debt.

How much of the debt is borrowing from Peter to pay Paul? Or is it all for flat screen tellys and SUV's?

[northernladuk]

That clock in times square must be going like the bloody clappers now!

[DimPrawn]

Left or right? Makes no difference, both sustain the US lifestyle with debt.