The sad cost of war

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Riot

And Obama came out afterwards and said no, that will not happen. We'll see.

Clinton gave Bush a low and dwindling deficit. All Bush had to do was keep going with current policy, and there would be NO budget deficit. That would have been achieved during the Bush administration.

But no, he had to go start wars ....

but the fact is, and remains, that the deficit is the biggest issue for the economy and is what will continue to hamper any attempts at recovery. yet the current administration is spending money hand over fist, and is attempting to begin more costly programs than we have already that we can't afford. now is the time to cut back budget-wise, not take on even more debt. it seems to me at this point that obama is more interested in pushing forward his agenda, while completely ignoring reality.