Has anyone heard.....?

[Frankie]

Heretoday,
You DO realize that Obama has spent this nation so into debt in the first 100 days that the nation will be broke in about 6 hours? That is the earliest in history.

As for parity.....excuse me? How about we try this on for size: I earned my money. I made sound financial decisions and saved. I bought less of a house than I could afford because it was plenty for me and my family. I didn't max out my credit cards. I lived beneath my means.

Now tell me again why I should foot the bill for those that didn't?

 

[katharina]

As to the country's economy during the Clinton administration, the people who want to blame our current problems on him are having a bit of selective amnesia. I remember how it felt to have some extra money in my pocket, and I'd dearly like it to happen again. It just won't happen immediately.

Interesting... those were the years OUR pockets were nearly picked bare and thank goodness started getting better after that. Guess it goes to prove that there really *are* always two sides to every story, eh?

 

[katharina]

As for parity.....excuse me? How about we try this on for size: I earned my money. I made sound financial decisions and saved. I bought less of a house than I could afford because it was plenty for me and my family. I didn't max out my credit cards. I lived beneath my means.

Now tell me again why I should foot the bill for those that didn't?

Same here, Frankie. We could have overextended ourselves into bankruptcy but didn't. I did the "max out" for a few years but was soooo glad to get that behind us. I can't really see myself feeling that others should rescue me from my self-imposed situation had the card thing not been fixed by a lot of hard work.

In fact, think of the chaos if everyone could just overbuy, overcharge, overextend to their heart's content while thinking "oh well, someone will bail me out in a few years." Eeeew! Wait, I just described corporate America!

 

[Frankie]

I personally don't think that the government should have bailed out the corporations. If they fail, they fail. It would have been better than to be broke.......which we are today. So after today Obama will be getting money from China.

After 100 days, I'd tell you to "keep the change" but there isn't any. The only hope is that he doesn't keep spending money.

 

[Frankie]

Katharina,
By the way,the reason your pockets were empty during those years was because Clinton took your money and gave it to Here.

Bush gave it back to you.

 

[heretoday]

What would you do without Fox to give you your marching orders, Frankie? I've been waiting for "keep the change" to appear on your posts for lo this many a week-and-a-half. You won't argue the merits, because you don't know what they are, you are just terrified someone's coming to take something that's yours, and that's kind of sad.

 

[heretoday]

Interesting... those were the years OUR pockets were nearly picked bare and thank goodness started getting better after that. Guess it goes to prove that there really *are* always two sides to every story, eh?

Uh-oh. OURS and YOURS and neither of you have the slightest idea who you're speaking to. You have no idea who I am and where I come from. The fear of loss, and the hope of gain, is one of the curses given the human race, and you both have got it bad.

 

[Frankie]

Here,
The only thing you can say, rather than argue merit, is "You get your marching orders from Fox". Well I don't and it's pretty clear that you have no idea what you are talking about and that you simply heard a point or two that agreed with your mindset and went with it.

You might be afraid of someone taking what you have worked your entire life for if you had anything worth taking.

 

[Frankie]

Here,
Actually when you pointed out that it was under Clinton that you had money.....and not under Bush, it became pretty clear.

Those who work hard for a living tend do better under Republicans.

 

[katharina]

Uh-oh. OURS and YOURS and neither of you have the slightest idea who you're speaking to. You have no idea who I am and where I come from. The fear of loss, and the hope of gain, is one of the curses given the human race, and you both have got it bad.

Uh... I'd respond to this if I had a clue what you're referring to. My post
meant that during the 90s, my husband and I were very bad off financially
and in the early to mid 2000s, things got better. If you want to turn that
into a political thing, have at it. The post just mentioned who the presidents
happened to be at the time.

So... no, I don't know who you are but I'm glad you had money when I
didn't... otherwise, seems as if something may have been misunderstood
here?