My economics teacher said something strange

[NorthwesternFan]

Said that we(our age group) are going to have to pay for the war on Iraq, and that it is a waste...


I was thinking...


Why doesn't anybody kill Reagan for increasing the national debt from 1 trillion(accumulated from 1776) to 8 trillion in just 8 years to end the Cold War?

Isn't Bush doing the same thing?

[SpikedLemonade]

Said that we(our age group) are going to have to pay for the war on Iraq, and that it is a waste...

Are you sure you heard your professor correctly?

Is it possible he/she said -- "like the war on Iraq, your age group is a waste"?

[rob on the job]

Said that we(our age group) are going to have to pay for the war on Iraq, and that it is a waste...

Good thing we have your back, Northwest.

At this point, when the prof says something like this, you are required to stand up and say, "Professor Douchebag, I rebuke you!"

You'll get extra credit.

[nehemiah]

reagan's dead, dude.

villanova sucks.

[Gibby]

Said that we(our age group) are going to have to pay for the war on Iraq, and that it is a waste...


I was thinking...


Why doesn't anybody kill Reagan for increasing the national debt from 1 trillion(accumulated from 1776) to 8 trillion in just 8 years to end the Cold War?

Isn't Bush doing the same thing?
NWF, Ronnie never put the national debt at eight trillion. Secondly Ronnie is long dead or did you miss his funeral a couple of years ago? Third Ronnie is hardly the reason for the national debt. See we used to pay off our debt until after WWII when we stopped. The Cold War was a multi billion dollar operation. Also he is right, our generation -more specifically our children's generation- will have to pay for this war. Dude if you can't keep up with the conversation you'll have to sit at the kiddie table.

[Gibby]

Good thing we have your back, Northwest.

At this point, when the prof says something like this, you are required to stand up and say, "Professor Douchebag, I rebuke you!"

You'll get extra credit.

Rob ain't lying.

[Gibby]

Why doesn't anybody kill Reagan for increasing the national debt from 1 trillion(accumulated from 1776) to 8 trillion in just 8 years to end the Cold War?

Isn't Bush doing the same thing?

I will now try, and probably fail, to help you understand something. First of all I think the debt was around 1.5 to 3 trillion by the time Reagan left office. Under Bush I it boomed to 4.5-5 trillion. Clinton, and a GOP controlled congress, actually got the debt to start rolling back. Its projected that by the time Bush leaves office the debt will be around 10 trillion. I'm to lazy to cite all my sources but this should help clarify things. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt

[SpikedLemonade]

I will now try, and probably fail, to help you understand something. First of all I think the debt was around 1.5 to 3 trillion by the time Reagan left office. Under Bush I it boomed to 4.5-5 trillion. Clinton, and a GOP controlled congress, actually got the debt to start rolling back. Its projected that by the time Bush leaves office the debt will be around 10 trillion. I'm to lazy to cite all my sources but this should help clarify things. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt

Phantom, the problem is you are using currency in your unsuccessfull attempt to explain this to NWF.

For example, rather than using "around 1.5 to 3 trillion ", "4.5-5 trillion" and "around 10 trillion", try putting the word "strokes" after it.

NWF can understand "strokes".

[Gibby]

Phantom, the problem is you are using currency in your unsuccessfull attempt to explain this to NWF.

For example, rather than using "around 1.5 to 3 trillion ", "4.5-5 trillion" and "around 10 trillion", try putting the word "strokes" after it.

NWF can understand "stokes".

OMG :rofl: :guy:

[Green Lantern]

I was in school when Clinton came in and the going rate in '92 was:

Debt went from 1 trillion from the Founding to Reagan
8 years of Reagan: 3 Trillion

Now it is at about 8 trillion, expected to go to 10 trillion by the time Bush leaves office.

Cheney said it at the beginning of the current administration though: "The Reagan Presidency proved it, public debt does not matter."

[Gibby]

I was in school when Clinton came in and the going rate in '92 was:

Debt went from 1 trillion from the Founding to Reagan
8 years of Reagan: 3 Trillion

Now it is at about 8 trillion, expected to go to 10 trillion by the time Bush leaves office.

Cheney said it at the beginning of the current administration though: "The Reagan Presidency proved it, public debt does not matter."

well its kinda of like something a friend of mine said. Someone owes you 1000 bucks you own them. If someone owes you a million dollars they own you.

[Green Lantern]

well its kinda of like something a friend of mine said. Someone owes you 1000 bucks you own them. If someone owes you a million dollars they own you.


My brother-in-law with an MBA said, "when you owe the bank a thousand dollars and can't pay them back, that is a problem for you. When you owe the bank a billion dollars and can't pay them back, that is a problem for them."

[Gibby]

My brother-in-law with an MBA said, "when you owe the bank a thousand dollars and can't pay them back, that is a problem for you. When you owe the bank a billion dollars and can't pay them back, that is a problem for them."

exactly, that was the quote as I recall now.

[JLB]

I was in school when Clinton came in and the going rate in '92 was:

Debt went from 1 trillion from the Founding to Reagan
8 years of Reagan: 3 Trillion

Now it is at about 8 trillion, expected to go to 10 trillion by the time Bush leaves office.

Cheney said it at the beginning of the current administration though: "The Reagan Presidency proved it, public debt does not matter."

So the winner and new champion is George W. Bush.
It's a shame but in twenty years if were here that will look like peanuts.

[Green Lantern]

So the winner and new champion is George W. Bush.
It's a shame but in twenty years if were here that will look like peanuts.

The no-tax-and-spend liberal neo-cons are doing the country in. When will this civil war within the Republican party go public so they can finish it off, both Dems. and Reps. can sift over the ashes, both parties can retrench, and people can know who to vote for again?

[Gibby]

So the winner and new champion is George W. Bush.
It's a shame but in twenty years if were here that will look like peanuts.

Well just because its current policy doesn't neccessarily mean its good policy.

[uppy]

Said that we(our age group) are going to have to pay for the war on Iraq, and that it is a waste...


I was thinking...


Why doesn't anybody kill Reagan for increasing the national debt from 1 trillion(accumulated from 1776) to 8 trillion in just 8 years to end the Cold War?

Isn't Bush doing the same thing?

NWF...tell the dumb ass its Not "The War On Iraq"

Its called the War on terror.

[Gibby]

NWF...tell the dumb ass its Not "The War On Iraq"

Its called the War on terror.

So we're not fighting in Iraq, good heavens then what is killing our boys there?

[Green Lantern]

Is there a maximum IQ cap for enlisted personnel?

[JLB]

Aqua the avatar what?

[Green Lantern]

Aqua the avatar what?

Freidrich Nietzsche