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I replied to this point in another thread but it never got a response...I will highlight the few main points again:

 

  • Washington set to tax $33 trillion and spend $46 trillion over the next decade, how does one determine which policies will "cause" this $13 trillion deficit?
  • Social Security ($9.2 trillion over 10 years)
  • Antipoverty programs ($7 trillion)
  • Other Medicare spending ($5.4 trillion)
  • Net interest on the debt ($6.1 trillion)
  • Non-defense discretionary spending ($7.5 trillion)


You also in that thread argued it cost $700 billion a year to service the Bush debt -- something which is patently false.  You can blame deficits on whatever you want -- but simply highlighting things Bush did and then blaming him for all the debt is absurd.


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