"I was stunned to then hear my Louisiana senator defend the massive U.S. debt saying: “That is not true, sir! We do not have an increasing national debt! For the past six to seven years we have been continuously driving that debt down and reducing it and it is NOT increasing.” As he was asking and our senator was responding, I was Googling the US Treasury’s official home page on my iPhone and staring at the government published facts on the history and facts about the U.S. debt: • $5.6 trillion in September 2000; • $7.9 trillion in 2005; • $13.5 trillion in 2010; • and just a smidgeon under $17 trillion as we reach the fiscal end of 2013; • with the US debt rising at over $2.3 billion dollars every day now and no relief in sight. I think we were all too embarrassed for the senator and for her staff, and for the elderly gentleman who asked the question as none wanted to let the awkwardness go on any further, so we all just politely looked down at our feet and hoped the awkward moment would quickly come to an end. Eventually it did. I am confident that Sen. Landrieu’s staff and office would like to print an official correction, or explain that the senator had confused “national debt” with something about deficit spending or some other economic theory or data which she had errantly interjected into a clearly articulated discussion on the national debt." shreveporttimes/article/20130809/OPINION/308090019/Landrieu-s-response-veteran-awkward?nclick_check=1
Posted on: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 17:04:05 +0000
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