Wouldn't want to keep this from you. ;)

http://www.dubyasworld.com/dubya-national-treasury.jpg

Talk about misplaced. [img]tongue.gif[/img] This belongs on the GD. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I still like this better: link

They both look good but I still prefer the second picture! [img]smile.gif[/img] :D

Are those figures (in the first picture) accurate or just "worst approximate"? If they are accurate I'd say the US is looking at a long and enduring recession.
The second brings back a ton of memories. Boy the countless hours I have spend behind and in front of a DM screen.

They're not too far off, maddog. Current debt is over 7 trillion. Watch the news for the next time China or South Korea states they will quit buying US T-bills. All the brokers of Wall Street immediately start climbing out on the balcony and preparing to jump to their doom. Calls from the White House to Beijing spike 100 fold. We are captive to our creditors.

Course, what does it matter? It's all just numbers anyway. If it gets really outta hand, we'll start another war to kick-start the economy -- it's a tried and true method of economic recovery for over 100 years.

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[img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] Loving them all...

Hehe, Arnold goes into politics. Bush goes into the movies. :D