(09-28-2017, 05:12 PM)JagNGeorgia Wrote:

(09-28-2017, 02:33 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Why do so many of you on this board keep bringing up Obama and Hillary and Bill or who ever? That was the past. It's time to move on. They're gone. I wasn't a fan of Obama either, but this is getting ridiculous! It's like some of you guys suffered PTSD from his presidency. Move on. We're dealing with the now, not what was. As far as a $135 billion, that's for President Trump to figure out. He's the one that promised we wouldn't have to pay for the wall. I just want him to be a man and keep his promise. That was the main platform that he ran on. He said it in every campaign speech. " Mexico will pay for the wall." Just live up to his word.

Pay attention here, but Obama wasn't the point of my post.

I brought in his debt amount because he's the last President to add to it. He's the only reference point I have right now.

So, now that you know why I brought it up, how about replying to the point of it instead?

When Clinton left office, we didn't have a debt. We had a surplus. 

I think healthcare, jobs, taxes, relief for our own hurricane ravaged states and dealing with strained foreign relations are all more important issues to deal with. We could easily knock down the national debt by cutting some unnecessary military spending, but the far right shuts that idea down every time. We already spend more on defense than the next 8 nations combined. We could slash a ton and still be the top spender by a mile.

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