How long can you blame the former administration?

• fish82

  

  stlouiedipalma;1273444 wrote:And this is just an example of why no one takes you folks seriously. It doesn't matter whether it is this, global warming or evolution. You believe what you want to believe, facts be damned. The age-old Republican adage of telling a big lie long enough that people accept it as true.

  I have no stake or opinion on the article's claims whatsoever. I was merely stating an established fact...that being the piece was completely debunked soon after publication, by several economic sources from both sides of the political spectrum. If one wants to paint Obie as some kind of spendthrift that's fine, but you need to come up with a different source of support for the claim.
  
  That's all I'm sayin.
  
  You're okay in my book too, FWIW.
  

  Abe Vigoda;1273465 wrote:Herr Fish likes to march to the party line so no surprise here.

  If I belonged to a particular party, then I guess you'd have something. Fish is a renegade....beholden to no ideology.
  
  I like that. I think I'll put it on a t-shirt.
• Bigdogg

  fish82;1273568 wrote:I have no stake or opinion on the article's claims whatsoever. I was merely stating an established fact...

  Funny that you want a different source but provided no source for your so called fact! Shoot en from the hip is your MO, just like the rest of you people
• fish82

  

  Bigdogg;1273592 wrote:Funny that you want a different source but provided no source for your so called fact! Shoot en from the hip is your MO, just like the rest of you people

  They were all posted back in May when the article was first discussed. Go back and look...I can't hold your hand 24/7, Sport.
• Bigdogg

  fish82;1273661 wrote:They were all posted back in May when the article was first discussed. Go back and look...I can't hold your hand 24/7, Sport.

  Just as I stated no creditable source....I don't need you to hold anything for me Jerry
• fish82

  

  Bigdogg;1274088 wrote:Just as I stated no creditable source....I don't need you to hold anything for me Jerry

  Is the Washington Post okay with you?
  
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/the-facts-about-the-growth-of-spending-under-obama/2012/05/24/gJQAIJh6nU_blog.html
  
  You'd be better served to just put me back on ignore, bro. :rolleyes:
• stlouiedipalma

  "Wham with the right hand!"
• Bigdogg

  stlouiedipalma;1274272 wrote:"Wham with the right hand!"

  The only thing he dose with his right hand is play with himself.
  
  I will see his fact-checker article and raise him The Wall Street Journal.
  

  Here are the facts, according to the official government statistics:
  • In the 2009 fiscal year — the last of George W. Bush’s presidency — federal spending rose by 17.9% from $2.98 trillion to $3.52 trillion. Check the official numbers at the Office of Management and Budget.
  
  • In fiscal 2010 — the first budget under Obama — spending fell 1.8% to $3.46 trillion.
  • In fiscal 2011, spending rose 4.3% to $3.60 trillion.
  • In fiscal 2012, spending is set to rise 0.7% to $3.63 trillion, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s estimate of the budget that was agreed to last August.
  • Finally in fiscal 2013 — the final budget of Obama’s term — spending is scheduled to fall 1.3% to $3.58 trillion. Read the CBO’s latest budget outlook.
  Over Obama’s four budget years, federal spending is on track to rise from $3.52 trillion to $3.58 trillion, an annualized increase of just 0.4%.
  There has been no huge increase in spending under the current president, despite what you hear.
  

  http://articles.marketwatch.com/2012-05-22/commentary/31802270_1_spending-federal-budget-drunken-sailor