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DMacTX

(301 posts) Wed Dec 5, 2012, 08:33 PM Dec 2012

Obama borrowing exceeds all other POTUS combined?

[link:http://www.infowars.com/obamas-now-borrowed-more-than-all-presidents-from-washington-to-w/|

Guys/Gals,

Hearing a lot of garbage about this from neocon friends etc. I'm no economist, and don't have a ready made retort to their latest smug talking point.

Obviously he inherited a devastating economy, a world wide economic crisis, and Bush wars.

Any guidance please?

Thanks

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Obama borrowing exceeds all other POTUS combined? (Original Post) DMacTX Dec 2012 OP

Here Mass Dec 2012 #1

Thank you very much! DMacTX Dec 2012 #2

But don't forget ... zbdent Dec 2012 #3

Mass

(27,315 posts)

1. Here

Reply to DMacTX (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 08:38 PM

Dec 2012

http://www.snopes.com/politics/politicians/nationaldebt.asp

and here
http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/8188/has-president-obama-accepted-more-debt-than-all-previous-us-presidents-combined

DMacTX

(301 posts)

2. Thank you very much!

Reply to DMacTX (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 08:48 PM

Dec 2012

The 2nd link is brilliant, and the sublinks make reassuring reading.

Thank you so much!!!

There is noting quite so disdainful as the scrunched up face of a smug & gloating Tea Partier!

zbdent

(35,392 posts)

3. But don't forget ...

Reply to DMacTX (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 10:03 PM

Dec 2012

they reject reality, ESPECIALLY when you hit them with overwhelming evidence.

Good luck, though ...

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