Comments for Hypocritic oath: knock stimulus, take credit for the check at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://www.theind.com Thu, 23 May 2013 10:45:51 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/home/4719#comment-2187 Excuse me? Bush II had an overwhelming majority Republican Congress (both House and Senate) AND a stacked to the right, Conservative Supreme Court. When are the morons going to get up on the present and stop living in the past. JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!111 - buceamos Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:08:17 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4719#comment-2010 Simple charts for simple minds. Notice your chart doesn't mention which party controlled Congress, the body with the real power to lay taxes and run up debt. Jimmy Peanut didn't raise the debt, but if you remember, interest rates were killing us. Of course, we were paying for Vietnam, started by your heroes Kennedy and Uncle Lyndon. When Reagan got to work, he finished off the Cold War by outspending the Soviets (see Starwars), and giving stingers to the Afgans to shoot down Soviet Hind helicopters. (little thank you present for the evil empire's help in Nam) The Cold War over, we got the peace dividend, just in time for Clinton to take credit. Remember, of course, it was a Republican congress. Under Bush II, it was 9-11, and a Democrat Congress. Now we have a D Congress and a D president. According to your simplistic interpretation, our debt should be zero next year. Not. - BarfGagWheeze Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:54:49 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4719#comment-1994 http://www.lafn.org/gvdc/Natl_Debt_Chart.html - citizen Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:34:34 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4719#comment-1988 Citizen, I googled "debt chart" and nothing came up. Could you perhaps give us a link to that info I would love to see it. Thanks, Chuck - C Yager Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:23:52 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4719#comment-1987 We're not an Associated Press-member newspaper, cajundad; we can't just grab AP photos off Web sites and use them as our own. But many if not most of the checks identical to the one Jindal handed out in Lafayette DID contain stimulus money. - Walter Pierce, Managing Editor Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:39:29 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4719#comment-1986 "(Editor's note: The check Jindal presented in Lafayette Tuesday, shown above in a photo by Independent contributor Ooti Billeaud, did not represent federal stimulus money.)" Then show us one that does. If he's actually doing what you're saying, this should be easy for you. This has nothing to do with taking sides - just better integrity. And not using a misleading photo to attract attention to your story. - cajundad Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:33:04 +0100 http://www.theind.com/home/4719#comment-1980 Thanks for this story. I wonder if any fox fanatics who get a job because of this money will have the guts to stand up and say so. The concept of fiscal responsibility was gone long long ago, in fact when we gave up the gold standard we turned our currency into what was destined to be worthless paper. Jindal, like the rest of kooks left in the republican party, is a fool to pretend that this money can ever be recovered. If the republican party want's to change our debt they need to look within because they have consistently added the most to our national debt. Don't believe me? Google "debt chart" compiled from information from our own bureau of public debt. I'd much prefer to see the government do what it can to keep this facade going. I mean what is the alternative? Steer our country into a deep depression because some republicans don't understand that taxpayers are never going to pay back 11 Trillion dollars? Yea that would be really useful. - citizen Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:31:08 +0100