[–] MaFishTacosDaBombBro 3 points 5 points 8 points (+8|-3) ago
The amount of debt isn't caused by the presidents. It's not Bush's fault, or Obamas fault. People are pointing fingers at the wrong leaders. It's really the federal reserve and how money and bonds flow from the treasury, the federal reserve, the banks, the IRS, and tax paying citizens of the USA. Our currency is based on debt, and in order for the financial system of today to work, more debt MUST be created everyday, or else it'll all crumble.
You don't need a Phd or any education to understand how this system works. All you need is 30 minutes to watch a youtube video, and you can be an expert on how our financial system works today. I watched this a few days ago from another post here on voat, and it really provides everything you need to understand why the debt keeps going up and why it needs to keep going up or else we're all in a bad spot.
[–] lakeyosemit [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
I agree, but your own video shows the effects of increasing debt: Inflation and a step closer to an inevitable collapse. The video makes deflation sound a lot worse than it is. It shows how inflation increases prices, but not how deflation decreases them.
I think there's a few more previous videos that go over that. I agree though, deflation would cause prices to go down. At this point though, I'm not sure that can happen.
[–] KosherHiveKicker 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
Bush Jr. took the U.S. from $6 Trillion in debt to $12 Trillion.
Obama took the U.S. From $12 Trillion in debt to $20 Trillion.
[–] PM_nudes_pls 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
lol who's going to collect it.
"so america, we are going to collect that debt"
"lol have fun getting bombed"
[–] theburntsausage 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
we win the war, banks and buisnesses still dont care. your bread now cost $1.2 billion because inflation.
[–] Troll 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Thanks, Obama.
But I bet Hillary can tripple that shit before Christmas.