Jackson Jambalaya

Sid's headline doesn't include the fact that his favorite diversity president doubled the national debt.

Here's an internet quote referring to Trump's campaign speech: "From a numerical standpoint, Trump is correct that the debt has almost doubled in dollar terms since Obama's first inauguration. Using the gross debt figure Trump cites, debt grew from $10.6 trillion on Inauguration Day 2009 to $19.4 trillion as of July 21. Using the more economically meaningful figure of debt held by the public, which excludes money that the government owes to itself, debt more than doubled from $6.3 trillion to $14 trillion."

Sid does it again. A lot of hot air and no substance. Sid that national debt is what our entire economic system is based on. The Federal Reserve Banknote is backed by nothing more than a usurous debt ledger that will take more than 700 years to pay back. Not gold or silver or any commodity. Just a debt that will take centuries to repay The Creature From Jekyll Island.

What an awful headline! This is Congress' debt. Yes, even the "conservatives." They've been drunk on spending since 2001. Even your Representatives and Senators from deep red States do it because you all keep electing them even though they voted for big spending bills like the Inflation Reduction Act, using the guise of military spending as the excuse. Even Taco Bell prices has almost tripled since the 2000s. Maybe, just maybe one day voters will grow tired of their dollar/purchasing power being devalued at such an alarming rate, they will vote these big spending clowns out.

Both parties just kick the can down the road. The messaging every cycle is x wants to take away your social security, y's going to wreck your medicare.

For all the progressive talk about reform and change, and the conservative pandering about dangers of welfare and bureaucracy, it's fairly strange that both are wed to a 1930s era program, a glorified Ponzi scheme. Wish there was another option, I haven't heard talk of privatizing in years. As a millennial, I'm not bullish at all.

What a shame there is no law stating if federal government spending exceeds the taxes received, all elected congressional officials lose their elected positions and may never run again. Sounds so good they should do it for all states too.

Our GDP is over $25 trillion. The national debt is the poorest excuse for a political talking point there is or would be if more people could understand that it is a fraction of our economic production. It's like worrying that you have a mortgage whose payment is not burdensome. Also forgotten is that we pay for infrastructure and disaster relief and roads/bridges/and highways. How do you think Maryland is replacing their collapsed bridge or how our towns hit by a tornado or flood recover? Economics isn't that hard, it is indeed boring and lots of tv talking heads on finance or the economy in use jargon (often incorrectly) to sound knowledgeable. Mississippi is dependent on federal dollars but some of you don't see that as other than welfare and it's never occurred to you that with food welfare, we wouldn't have nice grocery stores. Ask a social worker and they will tell you many Mississippians get SSI and medicaid and tell people they are living on Social Security and medicare that they "earned".... they aren't. They didn't have enough work hours paid in. There are cities with larger populations than ALL of Mississippi. Try to have some context and knowledge of a subject before commenting , won't you? And, maybe, if you started understanding how governments' function, politicians couldn't dupe you so easily! And, please all try to "get" that your measly tax break under Trump was a tiny fraction of the dollars given to me...my income and net worth is more than I can spend. Unlike Trump, I love the country and care about it's prosperity and see it linked to mine and my children's and my grandchildren's prosperity. We are struggling in costs of goods because of greed and that we tolerated the continuation of prices that justifiably went up due to shortages in production and supplies during the pandemic. Just stop being so naive and gullible please! Then we could put a fire under our politicians's behinds and make them actually learn what the hell they are doing or not doing.

"And, please all try to "get" that your measly tax break under Trump was a tiny fraction of the dollars given to me...my income and net worth is more than I can spend."

"We are struggling in costs of goods because of greed and that we tolerated the continuation of prices that justifiably went up due to shortages in production and supplies during the pandemic."

There seems to be some contradictions in the rant at 9:17. I tried to the best of my ability to find a point in that rant, but sadly I came up short. Would someone help me?

Trump thinks imposing high tariffs on all imports and deporting "illegals" who perform much of the construction and agricultural work in this country will solve the problem. If you think you have limited purchasing power now, just wait till he is elected. God help us.

We are the watchdogs and the guarantors of all corporate interests throughout the world. Our military protects the bankers no matter whether they are strictly "American interests" or some other fatcats. We pay for it. And it has been very expensive. And we will continue to pay for it in the billions and now trillions while we complain about some welfare mom buying a steak and some crablegs at Walmart....

Never forget- Obama is behind all this.

You are partly correct. Obama is the front for Bill Ayers, and those that comprised the weather underground marxist organization. Do a search on them, and you will see their M.O. on B.O.

It would be nice if the just left of center democrats would wake up to what their party is doing. If Harris, and Walz are allowed to go into office, they will take the country on a hard left turn.

Geez, I guess no Ag and construction work was done before Biden let 10 million illegals into the country?

"Republican President Donald Trump added $7.8 trillion to the national debt." That's not true. Budget deficits from 2017 through 2023.

2017 - $665 billion
2018 - $779 billion
2019 - $984 billion
2020 - $3.13 trillion
TOTAL $5.56 trillion

2021 - $2.8 trillion
2022 - $1.4 trillion
2023 - $1.7 trillion
TOTAL $5.9 trillion

SOURCE: U.S. Treasury Dept., Fiscal Data, "U.S. Deficit by Year", Sept. 30, 2023