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Anyone who finds that answer reassuring doesn’t understand how much a $trillion really is. Getting efficient won’t close it. Growth won’t close it. Zeroing out the discretionary budget won’t close it.

Anyone who finds that answer reassuring doesn’t understand how much a $trillion really is.

I'm sure every Obama supporter knows a trillion is a thousand times a billion, or a million times a million, or a thousand times a thousand times a thousand times a thousand.

11 posted on 10/07/2012 7:31:48 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)

DManA....unfortunately you are right...neither party has an answer to the mess they have gotten us into....and America whistles past the graveyard...

Never fear....if not this administration....the next will have to deal with this issue head on....by 2025...according to the CBO....there will be no more discretionary spending.....if the economy grows....and we balance the budget.....we may be able to kick the can down the street for a few more years....but in the end...the check is gonna come do....

12 posted on 10/07/2012 7:32:38 AM PDT by PigRigger (Donate to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org - The Troops have our front covered, let's guard their backs!)

13 posted on 10/07/2012 7:33:02 AM PDT by PigRigger (Donate to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org - The Troops have our front covered, let's guard their backs!)

US NATIONAL DEBT: currently just over 16 TRILLION dollars!! That’s 16 thousand times a billion!!!!

Current debt per citizen: ~$51,000!!

Current debt per taxpayer: ~$141,000!!!!

US NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK:
(continually updates)
http://www.usdebtclock.org/

14 posted on 10/07/2012 7:33:59 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)

Twice in our histortee have paid off MASSIVE amounts (1/3) in eight years. While below the level of debt- to- GDP. Weave ow, it was still astrono iCal interms of the day. It is possible,and inafairly short time.

16 posted on 10/07/2012 7:57:21 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually (Hendrix))

Yes, but the cuts that are actually necessary are acceptable to no one - so Romney has to nibble. It won’t be enough, but maybe he can buy us a couple of years to finish preparing.

Anyone who finds that answer reassuring doesn’t understand how much a $trillion really is.

How Big is a Trillion?

In the U.S., one trillion is written as the number "1" followed by 12 zeros (1,000,000,000,000). One year of clock time = (60sec/min) x (60 min/hr) x (24 hr/da) x (365.25 da) = 3.16 x 107 sec

One trillion seconds of ordinary clock time = ( 1012 sec)/( 3.16 x 107 sec/yr) = 31,546 years!

35 posted on 10/07/2012 9:22:01 AM PDT by lewislynn ( What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in commom? Misinformation)

Two problems with your premise.

1. Kristol is not reassured by this because of the actual policy, he’s reassured because he was on the “Romney’s blowing it badly” bandwagon and he wanted to hear a conservative case other than “The other guy sucks.”

2. If Romney’s only plan was to cut some programs, he wouldn’t have picked Ryan.

43 posted on 10/07/2012 2:56:17 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (Reagan @ only 39/Mondale +5/Dukakis +17/McCain +3...panic is unwarranted. So is complacency.)