The Democrats like to tell everyone how Clinton had a “budget surplus”. They make it sound like there were billions of extra dollars in the coffers and the national debt didn’t exist. What they fail to understand is that the national debt increased in every year that Clinton was in office. This means the federal government still spent more money every year of the Clinton administration than it received in revenue. A budget is only good if it is followed so a budget surplus is meaningless. Is this a concept that is too difficult for people to understand? Is that why so many Americans go bankrupt or have homes foreclosed? Is money management a foreign concept for most Americans?

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt.htm

G: Any business or individual that created a budget without adding in the interest on their debt would soon find themselves bankrupt. It should be expected for debt and interest on debt to be factored into a budget for the federal government otherwise the budget isn’t worth the paper wasted writing it.

 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704320104575015072822042394.html Mr. Axelrod wrote that no one is entitled to his own facts, even as he argued that George W. Bush is responsible for Barack Obama’s deficits. He argued that Mr. Bush forced the hand of this administration by leaving office in the midst of a sharp recession. That argument won’t fly for two reasons. [...]

 

Republicans say they want to reduce the debt, but really they are only saying that as an excuse to attack unions and organizations they don’t like, and get reelected. Democrats haven’t shown much willingness at all to cut the debt. Will politicians finally come out speak REALISTICALLY about the budget, meaning an inevitable tax increase [...]

 

All I hear about is those “poor” people who are losing their homes, ones that they could not afford in the first place. What about the people who can now afford homes? With home prices falling, a whole group of people can now afford homes. It seems like democrats can only look at people who [...]

 

They were the ones who advocated home ownership for people who could not afford it. They insisted that FM / FM would expand loan backing to jumbo and sub-prime mortgages, all in the name of better life for the disadvantaged people. The Democrats alone have the majority – enough votes to pass the bailout. Why [...]

 
Are you upset with the Democrats for not being able to hammer out a government bailout deal? ?

I’m a Liberal Democrat, and this is the first time I’ve ever been so upset with my own party. I heard a soundbite from exactly five years ago, in which (Housing Committee Chairman) Baw-ney Fwank was saying that he considered Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to be (in Frank’s own words) “solvent”, and not in [...]

 
Why did Bush create the mortgage debacle?

Republic Damm! Democrats would never force people to borrow more than they could afford!

 

The Federal Reserve, facing an economic recovery that it termed “more modest” than anticipated, said Tuesday it will stop shrinking its huge portfolio of securities by reinvesting the proceeds of maturing mortgages in U.S. Treasury debt. The Fed move is largely symbolic and is unlikely to stimulate the economy significantly. But the shift in the [...]

 

WASHINGTON – Despite their denials, influential Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad and Chris Dodd were told from the start they were getting VIP mortgage discounts from one of the nation’s largest lenders, the official who handled their loans has told Congress in secret testimony. Both senators have said that at the time the mortgages were being [...]

 

Under President Jimmy Carter, the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) was passed. It required federal financial institutions to encourage banks to give home loans to persons with little credit and low income. Economist Russell Roberts said that the CRA played a major role in creating the sub-prime mortgage crisis in the U.S. Under Bill Clinton, the [...]

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