Jackson Jambalaya

Kingfish does Crawford pay you to run his column? Is this payola?.

The national debt is relative. It's relative to WHO is running it up. It was a big issue under Obama. It's a non-issue under Trump.

Too bad it's real.

obama had 4 of the 5 largest deficits on record. He never had to shut down his own economy. The spending you can blame on democrats and paul ryan.

Just personal opinion...but, Bill Crawford seems never to have had to WORK for a living or to have to sweat.
I was raised in Meridian, btw.

You really think it could get better under Biden? He has already stated hundreds of new spending programs and tax increases if he gets into office. Deficit spending is a cancer in government, and as long as the person who holds the purse strings decides to use the credit cards it will get no better. Simple solution -- balanced budget and debt reduction acts with across-the-board proportional taxation. Of course as long as politicians can be bought... right now there is no solution...

Straw man! Under Obama there was a "R" House majority. The House does the spending/budgeting, not the president.

Republicans are about to make the Progressives day if they try to replace Ginsburg before January. Goodbye Fillbuster and look for Democrats to expand the court, not to mention the landslide defeats of Republicans in the house and senate.

I did not vote for Trump because I thought he would balance the budget, Improve the economy, make nice with the media, was a champion for social justice or was a fine Christian man.

I voted for him for one reason and one reason only - to keep Hillary Clinton out of the White House.

Republicans do as they have always done.


They give away the house by running their budgets like drunken sailors on a red light district binge and then leave a mess for the next Democratic President to deal with at which point they p*ss and moan about deficits.

Beyond a shadow of doubt Joe Biden is the next president. The only hope Republicans have is to hold on to the Senate. If they try to push a Supreme Court Nominee before the election they do it at their on peril. Over 60% of voters think the elected president on November 3rd. Should select the next justice. Justice Ginsburg's wishes aside, however,they will pay dearly if they don't honor the wishes of the people.

Mr. Crawford, How dare you criticize the golden calf that is President Donald Trump! Idols are to be worshiped, not questioned.

So many Republicans are going to lose in November Fox is going to have the pick of the litter.

The debt will continue to go up. Our elected officials are experts at wasting money!

@4:34 - what kind of drugs are you on?

There is no Philippians 13:22. That should be Proverbs 13:22.

Before RGBs death Democrats were on track for 51 seats in the Senate. If Mitch forces a vote before the election it will increase Democratic chances to 53 to 54 seats and will add to Biden's electoral votes and possibly make his win a landslide in the electoral college.

6:01 even a man drunk and on drugs knows 4:34 is sober.

Ginsburg has no say in her replacement. Every damn official in America wants a like minded person to succeed them. Got some real loons on this board. Saw Biden on video today. Good Lord he looks like a corpse. I've seen the deceased in caskets that look more alive than Biden.

" Well, if COVID-19 hadn’t come along the “greatest economy ever” would be well on its way to keeping President Donald Trump’s promise to balance the budget and eliminate the national debt.
No, budget deficits and the national debt have increased every year since he took office.
What? "

Bill, please explain . . . or at least rationalize . . . what in the wold you are babbling about this weekend.

Obama dealt with SARS and Ebola. He didn't golf a whole month,stick his head in the sand and spend 16 hours a day obsessing on Twitter and misspelling every fourth word. Donald Trump is an uneducated and illiterate rube. He can't bluff and lie his way through the presidency. He's been a failure his whole life and he's a failure as president and he would be failure running a roadside peanut stand.

Democrats say if Trump doesn't delay the SCOTUS replacement, they will do some extreme things in 2021 when they are in control.

Does anybody doubt that the democrats are going to do extreme things in 2021 regardless?

Looks like someone (9:12) is working on a Sunday night. Hope he's getting time and a half.

The Republicans are pushing the Democrats hand, wait for another impeachment to stop this charade.

How silly it is that some of you are denying/arguing over facts reported by the government. It is what it is.
See the rectangular box on your computer? Put in "US budget and deficit by year" or you can do it by President.
Politics is about muddying the waters and some of you are covered in mud. Facts will wash it off.
The stock market is only one indicator of the economy. Only around half of all Americans have stock market investments and most only own stock funds in an IRA or 401K. And, a hint to you should be that the stock market rose immediately when Trump was elected. Did companies get more sales overnight? No. It was psychological.
Few have self-selected, individual stock portfolios in a corporation and fewer still have a significant share of stock in a corporation.
Most Americans can't sell or trade or access their stock market investments until they retire as part of it is a contribution by their employer and not really all theirs until retirement.
The stock market is a measure of how well corporations are doing, not how privately owned businesses are faring.
Employment stats are more important to gage how well we as a people are doing. But, it's not just how many are employed. Whether the jobs are full or part time and what the wages and average hours per work week are what should matter as well as the ability to have retirement income. I still can't believe nobody protested when earned company pensions were legally stolen when companies you worked for went " bankrupt". That's why Social Security staying solvent is so important. It's why the FDIC is so important. A stroke of a pen on a lobbied for bill can steal your money from you.
The wealthy have prospered under Trump. The bonuses made everyone happy even though that's not reliable income. There were more jobs and given the 9/11 hit on the economy and the 2008 fiasco ( which can happen again as the regulatory erasure which allowed it to happen hasn't been fixed) the stock market recovered our losses and all that seems like a great improvement.
The fact that the stock market hasn't fluctuated all that much while the job market is a disaster during Covid should be your hint.
The real irony to me is Trump supporters who are blue collar. I get that many are sub contractors and service employees and if the rich are richer, you have more work as they remodel their houses and spend more. But, you are also the most economically vulnerable with less long term security. You are better off if the middle class is steadily growing and can hire you too. Then you have a more reliable and continuous base of customers. You are better off if you can own investments. You are better off if your investments are secure and tangible ( as is having dependable value).
And, those economic talking heads on TV are earning money for themselves with their advice, not YOU. They use business jargon incorrectly so often that I cringe. When a " financial advisor" uses jargon, it's because he or she knows you won't admit you don't know the word. Each word has a definition made up of words you can understand or nobody would know what the word means.

Republicans only care about debt and budget deficits when Democrats are in control. Hell, Rush Limbaugh admitted as much last year when he admitted they weren't fiscal conservatives and the concerns about the deficit and budget were all bogus. But watch in 2021 when Biden is President and Democrats control Congress, the Retrumplicans will suddenly become deficit hawks once more.

I look forward to the tsunami of liberal tears that will dwarf those from the 2016 election. You leftists should exit your reddit and cnn echo chambers for once. This nation doesn't want Covid lockdowns, soros funded riots, or Transgender Studies in Elementary school. Your media cried wolf too many times.

Crawford needs to take a civics class. Congress sets the taxes and the spending. The President has little input.