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umm, yes  and no. The out of control debt is largely the result of ''non''-discretionary spending, i.e., spending on autopilot. So the comparsison to a credit card limit technically is misleading, because nobody that I know is mandated by law to max out their credit card.  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 15:16, 3 August 2011 (EDT)

umm, yes  and no. The out of control debt is largely the result of ''non''-discretionary spending, i.e., spending on autopilot. So the comparsison to a credit card limit technically is misleading, because nobody that I know is mandated by law to max out their credit card.  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 15:16, 3 August 2011 (EDT)

:I agree, the analogy is clumsy. [[User:Human|Human]] 00:44, 4 August 2011 (EDT)

:I agree, the analogy is clumsy. [[User:Human|Human]] 00:44, 4 August 2011 (EDT)

Here you go again, Rob.  Barack Hussein Obama's trillion dollar handout was not mandated by law until he signed that law.  [[User:HP|HP]] 00:53, 4 August 2011 (EDT)

Here you go again, Rob.  Barack Hussein Obama's trillion dollar handout was not mandated by law until he signed that law.  [[User:HP|HP]] 00:53, 4 August 2011 (EDT)

Also, since we are on cash accounting, Medicare and Social Security are still off the balance sheets and are currently in surplus (or close to it).  So your statement is factually incorrect.  [[User:HP|HP]] 00:56, 4 August 2011 (EDT)

 

:Also, since we are on cash accounting, Medicare and Social Security are still off the balance sheets and are currently in surplus (or close to it).  So your statement is factually incorrect.  [[User:HP|HP]] 00:56, 4 August 2011 (EDT)