No, no and no on everything.

Geez lady even the part about the debt is wrong. You don't just pay interest. That's not how it works. Bonds have a par amount which is pure principal. Every year principal is paid off on the bonds and usually there is interest that is paid off on a semiannual basis.

I wish Democrats would read just a little bit or at least stop making such audacious claims.

-Rudey

Just answering the original question:

I make $5,299 more a year than I did four years ago, my health care benefits have improved, and my perks have esculated amazingly.

I can also say that our company has employed 300+ more people in the past four years, both full and part time, none of whom have manbreasts (to my knowledge).

The question really depends on what aspect of the working world you're in.

She can believe what she want. She isn't forcing you to believe what she believes. And Republicans on here make silly claims but you say nothing then, because it benifits the person you want elected.

Opinions and Facts are different. You can have the opinion that red is prettier than blue. You can't have an opinion that pigs fly.

Republicans make silly claims? Truthfully I see little of it.

-Rudey
--You used to post quite a few political anti-Bush threads and posts...you went soft on us Brandon :)

Interest Expense on the Debt Outstanding
The monthly Interest Expense represents the interest expense on the Debt Outstanding as of each month end. The interest expense on the Debt includes interest for Treasury notes and bonds; foreign and domestic series certificates of indebtedness, notes and bonds; Savings Bonds; as well as Government Account Series (GAS), State and Local Government series (SLGs), and other special purpose securities. Amortized discount or premium on bills, notes and bonds is also included in interest expense.

The fiscal year Interest Expense represents the total interest expense on the Debt Outstanding for a given fiscal year. This includes the months of October through September.

Interest Expense
FISCAL Year 2004
August $ 18,988,722,254.18
July $ 15,097,639,601.03
June 84,468,634,709.08
May 20,432,938,610.90
April 12,755,485,706.79
March 14,096,687,261.36
February 15,150,706,352.06
January 13,004,064,259.60
December 82,435,960,974.56
November 19,292,044,501.20
October 13,311,682,915.94
----------------------
FISCAL Year Total $ 309,034,567,146.78



From Treasury Direct, Bureau of Public Debt

I still do. You just usually go after a couple certain people that post stuff even I don't even believe is true.

I'm really quite sorry that you can't understand a simple concept like this. Again, the government pays off a set principal and interest amount yearly. This is different on variable rate bonds and notes or if a swap is used.

Stick to something like needlepoint because you're not making sense here.

-Rudey

The Danger of the Mounting National Debt

I love how you blast what I say in regards to a post where I didn't write a single word of it, but copied it directly from the Treasury web site. Yes, it is oversimplified, but ultimately, there is only so much wealth and you can't just spend forever without some consequences. And, I disagree with where we are spending most of the money as well.

You also didn't address any of my other statements re: healthcare, Medicare prescription costs, loss of funding to the states, lack of affordable child care.

Dee

You made the statement earlier about paying off interest. Then you posted numbers on interest and pretend you didn't mean or imply anything by that. And my favorite is your last post with a link to something you know nothing about. Wow. I blast what's wrong. There is no oversimplification. Stick to things you know - this is not one of them. Nobody even said anything about spending forever but hey if you want to make a silly vacant statement like that. Vacant.

And it's funny how you talk about other programs not being funded enough yet you talk earlier about spending too much. But it's funnier how you throw about 10 issues out there and say why don't you comment? Hey why not just write an encyclopedia while I am at it? By the way I don't want to fund your child care...your child care doesn't have a damn thing to do with me. Some of those issues don't even apply to you yet you put them up in this thread. Heck a lot of the issues are issues that Democrats did not touch prior to Bush.

-Rudey

I clearly said that I don't agree with how the money is being spent. I think we could spend less and appropriate better and still meet the needs of the people of our own country.

If you want women to work and not be on welfare, then affordable child care is a necessity.

I care about other people's needs, even if the issue doesn't apply to me. That's what the bleeding heart thing is all about.

The Dems didn't have a Democratic Congress while having a Democratic President and therefore could get nothing done.

Does it make you angry that I don't call you names and insult you back? :confused:

Dee

No it's upsetting that you lie or have to resort to it though.

-Rudey

Well since I'm a Democrat, I guess I can't help it, huh? LOL

Dee

Dee I didn't insult you or call you names. And truthfully, I wish you the best in raising your daughter while having a job and contributing to our economy.

-Rudey
--And yes you can't help lying because you're a Democrat ;)

You're getting soft, just like The1CalledTKE...

I'm raising a son too, who happens to be a TKE legacy. All the TKEs I know are Democrats.. hmmmm.

Dee

lol. My chapter was mainly Democrats. Other chapters it varied. Hoosier is a Republican TKE.

Republicans are compassionate.

-Rudey
--Your son will be a Democrat. You'll see.

lol

Since we've totally hijacked this thread already... did Democrat TKEs vote for Reagan because he was a brother? Or do you follow your party line in that situation? There is a Republican Alpha Gam who is the Illinois State Treasurer and I was wondering if I was in Illinois if I would vote for her because she's a sister ...

I think it all depends. If I was old enough then I would have voted for Reagan. I liked him. Now you could not pay me enough money to vote for Bob Barr.

My heroes have all been cowboys.

-Rudey
--Reagan and Bush! woo woo!

The only thing the 2 have in common are that they are Republicans and being a cowboy. Bush certainly ain't nothing like Reagan.

My dad, the TKE, voted for Reagan and he's typically a Democrat. I voted for Reagan once. I wasn't old enough to vote the first time he ran.

HECK NO.

4 years ago I had a good job, good benefits, and was making good money. Admittedly, I quit it at the end of 2000...but that was to go back to school full-time and finally finish my degree. (And the company was sold right before I left and promptly laid off about half my department so no guarantee I would have stayed employed had I not quit.)

Since I graduated in December 2001, I have been temping. At first I got assignments pretty steadily but of late they've been few and far between. The market is so flooded because of all sorts of businesses closing (most recently we lost a Sprint call center, leaving over 400 people jobless...we've lost a few other places that employed quite a few people) that even the temp assignments now require the agency to send over a bunch of candidate resumes and the company screens and interviews, just like if it was a permanent job.

Benefits? Steady money? Stability? Not here...

Yes. I just got promoted. :D

Don't forget the Naked Cowboy

http://www.nakedcowboy.com/images/home1.jpg

Re: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?
 

Today on Wall St.:
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h3GPc_yMCE&NR

Today on Wall St.:

The major indexes rebounded strongly in a broad-based advance, prompted perhaps by strong earnings reports. The Dow gained 95 points, breaking through 11,900 for the first time and setting a new intraday record – 11,959 – and a new closing record: 11,947. The Nasdaq rose 37 points to a new 5-year high, and the S&P 500 gained 12, also reaching a 5-year high.