Comments on: The National Debt Road Trip http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/the-national-debt-road-trip/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:43:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Obama conduce cu 280 km pe ora :) : khris.ro http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/the-national-debt-road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-175373 Obama conduce cu 280 km pe ora :) : khris.ro Sun, 24 May 2009 06:00:49 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=27094#comment-175373 [...] via [...] [...] via [...]

]]> By: cewing http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/the-national-debt-road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-175089 cewing Sat, 23 May 2009 08:18:37 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=27094#comment-175089 This piece doesn't make understanding debt levels any easier than just posting the numbers. And I noticed that the producer mentioned the building and slowing of national debt accumulation because of World War II, but doesn't mention the War on Terror, Global Financial Collapse (with Bailouts), and ballooning entitlement programs when he talks about debt building under Obama. He just says "look at how much Obama's spending. That's not an era of responsibility." Actually, it is. The bills for the last eight years under Bush have come due, and unfortunately it's going to take a lot of "fast driving" for the US to keep its fiscal head above water. This piece doesn’t make understanding debt levels any easier than just posting the numbers.

And I noticed that the producer mentioned the building and slowing of national debt accumulation because of World War II, but doesn’t mention the War on Terror, Global Financial Collapse (with Bailouts), and ballooning entitlement programs when he talks about debt building under Obama.

He just says “look at how much Obama’s spending. That’s not an era of responsibility.” Actually, it is. The bills for the last eight years under Bush have come due, and unfortunately it’s going to take a lot of “fast driving” for the US to keep its fiscal head above water.

]]> By: Southern California Real Estate Bubble Crash Blog » Blog Archive » US Debt Trip http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/the-national-debt-road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-174663 Southern California Real Estate Bubble Crash Blog » Blog Archive » US Debt Trip Fri, 22 May 2009 05:07:38 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=27094#comment-174663 [...] Ritholtz had this up, and it’s interesting how this country has become entranced by what appears to be becoming a [...] [...] Ritholtz had this up, and it’s interesting how this country has become entranced by what appears to be becoming a [...]

]]> By: gloppie http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/the-national-debt-road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-174639 gloppie Fri, 22 May 2009 02:38:28 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=27094#comment-174639 Here is the link to Here Comes the Flood, my previous post had it's embedded link stripped apparently. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0GcqYGv1AA Here is the link to Here Comes the Flood, my previous post had it’s embedded link stripped apparently.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0GcqYGv1AA

]]> By: gloppie http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/the-national-debt-road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-174636 gloppie Fri, 22 May 2009 02:35:41 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=27094#comment-174636 Here Comes the Flood Here Comes the Flood

]]> By: CTB http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/the-national-debt-road-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-174593 CTB Fri, 22 May 2009 00:54:27 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=27094#comment-174593 Gee, you'd think debt/GDP would be more important than nominal debt levels. Propagandesque? Gee, you’d think debt/GDP would be more important than nominal debt levels.
Propagandesque?

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