On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > For the purpose of the statement that Obama has spent more than all > other presidents combined? Yes. > > As for the reason I made that comment, GG used 2008 articles to state > Bush was the biggest spender. I was just updating his outdated point. > Since Obama has already spent, in the future and without paying for, > more than anyone. > You can start bringing in GDP and start monkeying with numbers but in > the end unless we reverse what he's already spent, we'll be at the > highest level of spending even when adding GDP. The CBO has even > estimated in ten years the deficit could see a 90% of GDP. >
Yes, I would agree with all that. Let's just drop the silliness of saying "so and so outspent others from the past in terms of raw dollars", since that makes no sense. Debt, now and in the immediate future, is a huge concern. I would hope even ardent supporters of Obama would realize that. (this one does). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337890 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
