[HomeschoolGenealogistMom]

IT is a time of war. Debt is always higher during a time of war, from the RW on. The important thing is to find an acceptable end, so we can start paying it back. That "acceptable end" part is the problem.

[MNJohnnie]

Note to MORON Congressclown.

It is a time of war. When we were trying to pass the the Balance Budget amendment, you are your ilk ran around screaming "oh what if we have to fight a war". Now that the OTHER side controlls the reigns, in a time of war, you and your ilk posture as "Fiscal Conservatives"

Well guess what A@@ Clown time to put up or shut up. I suggest you introduce a bill to reimpose the 1995 Pay as YOU go Budget rules. So rather then posture as a phoney "Fiscal Conservative" actually walk the walk instead of just talking the talk.

[FITZ]

which now totals more than eight trillion dollars.

It's going to be 9 trillion very very soon. Then the government will ask for a higher yet debt ceiling --- and on and on and on --- until something doesn't work out from it.

[Casloy]

will now vote for this tax increase on future generations without so much as a second thought.

Interesting, we didn't have to raise taxes to go out of the red in the early 90's. Reagan had to do a lot of deficit spending to defeat the Soviets, and Bush is doing the same with the terrorists. We can pay off this debt without a tax increase.

[Capitalism2003]

The war is only a SMALL part of the budget...The fact is, Bush and the GOP have been spending like liberals...buying votes left and right with our tax money...expanding welfare programs, arts programs subsidies across the board...it's ridiculous.

[JesseHousman]

Clean out the bureaucrats and save hundreds of billions of dollars.

The Pentagon is a sterling example. It is a monument to waste and is, indeed, a disgrace.

There shouldn't be a job in the military that can't be performed by uniformed military personnel. Why even Lewinsky was working there after working on the wanker.

[headsonpikes]

When I read the headline, I knew it could only be Ron Paul.

Like Nat Hentoff on the Left, he says those things that need saying, yet which no politician will utter.

He's a great gadfly!

[the invisib1e hand]

the debt is beginning to concern me, it must be dealt with. If you think the falling dollar is a disaster, just remember that it's easier to pay a debt back with inflated dollars -- at least nominally so.

and if FReeper Jimmy Cricket or whatever his name is wants to pitch in on this I'd like to hear it.

[LowCountryJoe]

I wonder what kind of response you'd get from Dr. Paul if you asked him to look into reducing subsidies that benefit domestic producers of his own district? Crickets?