Originally Posted by
tsquare
Are you talking about the US deficit? I have zero idea how anybody can defend $17,000,000,000,000 in debt when the number of people chipping in to pay for it is going down. It's "unpatriotic" (now who said that?) to run those kinds of numbers.
Yes, the US deficit. The $17 trillion you refer to is the national debt.
In which direction has the US deficit been going? Larger, or smaller?
Patriotic, or un-patriotic?