put bush in that chair...economy went sour before the current president bro...

 

^ ya but u know who is gonna do worse ya that Im for the people guy

 

yup...

...that's not bush?

 

Yup the economy went sour when Clinton was in office and Bush had to try to manage it.

And the newest pres is the one who gave us how much money in debt? No, the comic pretty well hits the nail on the head.

 

boy...that's funny.
"The federal budget surplus for fiscal year 1999 was $122.7 billion, and $69.2 billion for fiscal year 1998. Those back-to-back surpluses, the first since 1957, allowed the Treasury to pay down $138 billion in national debt."

and who was in office during this time?

big bush left $482 billion deficit for Obama... Obama didn't cause the economy to collapse...how short are your memories?

 

I was just meh when it started, but Krissrock took it to a whole new level by trying to insert distorted budget facts.

 

Using your 482 billion figure, the current indebtedness is 12.5 trillion. So the mushroom cloud in the cartoon is being optimistic at best.

 

I have question to ask to show my ignorance.

Who does the US actually owe money to? People who invested in bonds and stuff? Any time a bill needs to be paid the government just pays it in cash. Is there it implied that this cash is coming from a credit line?

When the government "pays down" the national debt, who exactly is getting the money?

 

...and Obama has done what, exactly to fix the budget?

Oh yeah, that stimulus package that wasted about $4 billion.