by | January 8, 2014 · 10:21 am

Leadership Failure

March 16, 2006: Senator Barack Obama called the Republican’s request to increase the national debt limit a failure of leadership. The national debt was HALF then what it is now and the so-called “leadership” in Washington shows no signs of reining it in before the country goes bankrupt.

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6 responses to “Leadership Failure”

  1. chrissythehyphenated's avatar chrissythehyphenated
    January 8, 2014 at 10:37 am

    I saw a news item a while back saying China has decided to stop buy U.S. dollars. You cannot keep debting if you can’t find anyone dumb enough to lend to you. The end of the United States as the #1 world power is very near.

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  2. Ting's avatar Ting
    January 9, 2014 at 9:01 pm

    I wish that I had been able to pay more attention, but things were going on here at the time. There was someone on the Fox Business Channel last night, or maybe the night before, who stated that China was in a mess of debt problems itself, which may come spiraling out of control sooner than we think. There was some consensus on the program that this would impact the whole world in a negative way.

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    • chrissythehyphenated's avatar chrissythehyphenated
      January 10, 2014 at 10:02 am

      The thing I find scariest about China is the enormous gender imbalance they have from decades of female infanticide. The simplest way for a nation to get rid of an excess of males is war.

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      • Ting's avatar Ting
        January 10, 2014 at 10:58 am

        One more thing to worry about, I guess. I am going into overload with worry. Good thing I have a vacation coming up, with no phone, internet, or tv for 15 days. I hope I make it until the starting date!:)

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