What's the alternative? End all spending altogether? Close all municipal fire departments and staff them only with volunteers? Close all the public schools and force parents to pay for private schooling? End Social Security and Medicare payments? Stop importing oil? Nuke the rest of the world and take their resources?
One has to think rationally. It is going to cost money to cut the debt. And, besides, this isn't Obama's debt. When George W. Bush took office, the U.S. had the biggest budget surplus in history. Bush put that to an end right quick, and the debt's been growing ever since. Bill Clinton may have had a sleazy personal life, but at least he knew how to balance budgets.
Wow. There's so many errors in that statement, I don't even know where to begin. Believe it or not, you can cut government spending to a more responsible level without ending all services. If we keep spending, we'll eventually
have to cut essential services because we won't be able to pay for them.
"It is going to cost money to cut the debt." That doesn't make any sense. How does spending less cost you money?
"This isn't Obama's debt." Really? I had no idea George Bush was still signing spending bills!
Republicans definitely lost their way under Bush, but to say that Obama isn't responsible for any of our current debt is insane.
"Bill Clinton may have had a sleazy personal life, but at least he knew how to balance budgets." That also makes no sense. The president has no direct control over the budget. He can make recommendations. He can ask for things, but ultimately it's up to congress. It was the
Republican congress under Clinton that balanced the budget.
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