If as you claim the economy is good, Why are we speding over $500 billion more then we tax? Pump priming was used in the past to get the economy started. We have had FIVE years of large deficits that have added $2.3 Trillion to the total national debt. What is worse, there is NO end to the annual deficits in the future! Add to this that Bush wants to make the tax cuts permanent which will take even more from the Federal revenue and make the defcit even bigger.

As to job growth. In 2000 the unemployment rate was 3.9%. Since 2001 about 2 million MORE workers have come into the work force then jobs created. Many of the jobs that have been created pay less with fewer benefits. The poverty index increased in each of the last four years.

The interest that we will be REQUIRED to pay on the $10 Trillion of debt that will be in place by Jan 2009 will be more EACH year then we spend on National defense. Think of that- MORE interest than to pay to maintain the ARMY, NAVY, MARINES, AIR FORCE and ALL weapons procurement combined!!!!! In 1979 Americans paid about $60 Billion in intetrest. We are heading toward $500 Billion EVERY YEAR.

A Dictatorship!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Once again you prove you are nothing but a radical left wing fanatic.

The deficit will harm EVERY person in this country.

The deficit hasn't harmed me in any way, and doesn't look like it ever will.

As to job growth. In 2000 the unemployment rate was 3.9%. Since 2001 about 2 million MORE workers have come into the work force then jobs created. Many of the jobs that have been created pay less with fewer benefits. The poverty index increased in each of the last four years.

Col, do you remember when you were called out about how you distort the unemployement numbers? Poverty is not the fault of the President or government, it's the fault of the person. Poverty is a choice col.

Rule #1 - Blame Bush

Rule #2 - If it isn't Bush's fault, see Rule #1.

Island Dog

If you pay federal incime taxes the deficit has harmed you since it is your tax dollars that help pay that interest.

It was Bush who said it would be easier as a Dictatorship so long as "HE WAS THE DICTATOR"

The unemployment rate in 2001 was 3.9% It is also true that about 2 million MORE workers came into the work force then jobs created since 2001. It is also true, living wage jobs are a growing peoblem and fewer jobs include health and retirement benefits today then in 2001!

If you pay federal incime taxes the deficit has harmed you since it is your tax dollars that help pay that interest.

Doesn't "harm" me col. My taxes go to a lot of things I don't want them to, welfare for instance. The fact is it does not affect your daily life.

It was Bush who said it would be easier as a Dictatorship so long as "HE WAS THE DICTATOR"

Col you are a left wing hack. You keep implying that Bush is a "dictator" which is typical left wing rhetoric. When called out you always resort to this little quote which you have never posted in it's entirety. As usual you take something out of context and go with it. Pathetic.

The unemployment rate in 2001 was 3.9% It is also true that about 2 million MORE workers came into the work force then jobs created since 2001. It is also true, living wage jobs are a growing peoblem and fewer jobs include health and retirement benefits today then in 2001!

The unemployment rate in this country is very low. No matter how you spin it and try to convince people otherwise. Why don't you just admit you want a welfare state where the government takes care of everyone?

Why don't you go live in one of these countries at the top of the list and complain?

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-B/lab_une_rat

It is also true, living wage jobs are a growing peoblem and fewer jobs include health and retirement benefits today then in 2001!

You sound like a John Kerry campaign ad.

ob Quality: Kerry's bases his claim that today's jobs pay $9,000 less that jobs that were lost on averages calculated by the liberal Economic Policy Institute, but even EPI's numbers don't back up what Kerry says. The EPI computes averages for a few broad industries, not a comparison of specific jobs lost compared to new jobs. No such figures exist. And as we showed in one of our articles, comparing a larger number of job categories -- accounting for 154 different types of work within industries -- produces a finding that contradicts Kerry's claim. Those figures show higher-paying occupations growing faster than lower-paying occupations. But these are also averages that don't compare specific jobs lost with specific new jobs. The fact is there's no agreement among economists as to whether new jobs are worse or better, let alone what the pay difference might be, despite what Kerry keeps saying.