Iriemon

Government borrows $300 billion in two weeks.

09/17/2008 9,647,147,460,555.00
09/18/2008 9,664,631,803,259.07
09/19/2008 9,727,009,619,894.34
09/22/2008 9,785,866,165,910.40
09/23/2008 9,791,569,244,675.95
09/24/2008 9,788,080,661,828.23
09/25/2008 9,849,249,966,383.92
09/26/2008 9,889,199,531,449.08
09/29/2008 9,945,578,231,981.59

Debt to the Penny (Daily History Search Application)

Staggering.

That is more than was borrowed during the last 3 1/2 years of the Clinton administration.

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Matthew 5:9

SouthernDemocrat

Looks like Grover Norquist's dream of drowning the government in a bathtub is quickly coming to fruition.

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Charles Krauthammer describing Obama:

"He's got both a first-class intellect and a first-class temperament."

oldreliable67

It is staggering. But so are the problems currently being addressed. In comparison, the Clinton administration had relatively benign economic conditions with which to deal.

What approach would you offer as an alternative? Is there a realistic alternative that would require significantly less government borrowing?