Originally Posted by Guest

Regan buried this country in debt and was into dementia at the end of his term. That's a pretty low bar.

Reagan did not bury the country in debt. The only way to get into debt is to spend more than you take in. The President cannot spend money. Only Congress can spend money and only Congress can create debt.

Revenues to the government increased after the Reagan tax cuts and the Congress as they are wont to do, spent more than the increases.

Originally Posted by Guest

Technically I think it's called a bump stock. To me if walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's a duck. The other obvious answer is to limit magazines to a reasonable number, let's say around 10. If he hd to pull the trigger for every shot and change clips after 10 shots I feel sure even gun enthusiasts would agree the death and wound toll would have been dramatically less because people would have time to run. Your question on non citizens got me thinking. I'm certain everything I written contains some errors. I also am certain if you apply that standard to Fox news your spend the rest of your life trying to count their misstatements.

Regulating bump stocks to me is a no-brainer. Fully automatic weapons are highly regulated. They are very difficult and expensive to obtain. A bump stock makes a semi-automatic firearm perform as if it is fully automatic.

But I don't think that limiting the capacity of a magazine will slow down anyone very much. I can change magazines in about two seconds, maybe less.

I would be Ok with limiting the capacity of magazines as long as I can be guaranteed that no bad guys will have more rounds than I have.

"they're the 99% and they live along MLK Blvd..,in the inner cities...where we FEAR to go."

Conservatives fear a lot of things. Blacks, Muslims, Mexicans, gays, transgenders, taking away their guns, immigrants, Jade Helm, the United Nations, a "War on Christmas" even Starbucks coffee cups.

Should we give all those scaredy cats a teddy bear for Christmas?

Originally Posted by Guest

Regan buried this country in debt and was into dementia at the end of his term. That's a pretty low bar.

I think you mean President Reagan. Tip O'Neill and the Democrats buried the country in debt with their uncontrolled spending. O'Neill promised President Reagan spending cuts and never followed through. What a surprise...he was just another lying Democrat.

Originally Posted by Guest

Good point, I don't know they were all Americans. Should we not count as victims non citizens. The answer to the second question is too easy. BAN MACHINE GUNS.

While they are not banned, machine guns, or more correctly, fully automatic firearms, are very highly regulated and as such are extremely difficult and expensive to obtain.

A fully automatic weapon was not used in Las Vegas. A device that makes a semi-automatic gun perform like and fully auto, called a bump stock, was used. I agree with either banning or applying the same regulations to bump stocks as fully automatic guns.

Originally Posted by Guest

Machine guns are banned, genius. If you don’t have a federal permit you have it illegally.

That being said, the gunman in Vegas didn’t have a machine gun.

Liberals consider ANY firearm to be a 'machine gun'...a truly ignorant lot.

Originally Posted by Guest

I think you mean President Reagan. Tip O'Neill and the Democrats buried the country in debt with their uncontrolled spending. O'Neill promised President Reagan spending cuts and never followed through. What a surprise...he was just another lying Democrat.

Ronald Reagan: Added $1.86 trillion, a 186 percent increase from the $998 billion debt.

US Debt by President: By Dollar and Percent

Originally Posted by Guest

Liberals consider ANY firearm to be a 'machine gun'...a truly ignorant lot.

If the government ever "came after you"...your guns will be worthless, because they will use viruses.

And a person is 43 times more likely to be shot by a family member than an intruder when there is a gun in the house.

Originally Posted by Guest

The unemployment rate was reduced under Obama. The Trump administration has only maintained the figures. And I guess it depends on what side of the fence you are on. Increasing our oil supply by drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is just plain stupid. Spills and chronic oil leaks will ruin a pristine ecosystem. We should be focusing our priorities on alternative energy sources like electric and solar. As far as ISIS, you have been watching too much FOX news. The bulk of ISIS fighters, according to senior US military officials, were killed under the Obama administration, and Trump has only continued the Obama military operations. It is true all the tax breaks he is giving to industry are helping them. Of course these companies have been making enormous profits for years. Now they are making more profits, at the expense of our national debt. Wonderful. Yeah, Trump has really accomplished something. And half of what he brags about, are things that Obama accomplished, and he tries to take credit for. Shame on you if you don't do your homework and see him for the liar he really is.

The unemployment rate was 4.8 in January of 2017 and 4.1 in November of 2017. That's the lowest it's been in ten years.

How do companies make huge profits at the expense of our national debt? Do you understand that companies are taxed on their profits? If a company makes more money, the government gets more money.

The problem is not our companies being too successful. If anything the fact that they have been held back by high corporate taxes and excessive regulations have made them less profitable than they might have been. That means that the government received less money from them that they might have if they made more profits.

The problem is Congress always spends more money than it takes in. We have no law that limits the amount that they spend. the budget that is set forth at the beginning of the year is a joke. There is no law that says they must adhere to it. That is why we desperately need a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.

Originally Posted by mellincf

Ronald Reagan: Added $1.86 trillion, a 186 percent increase from the $998 billion debt.

US Debt by President: By Dollar and Percent

Yes spin the numbers, all you got is spin.

Obama's debt bought nothing except political gift giving.

Infrastructure deteriorated and Military diminished

Originally Posted by Guest

Ronald Reagan: Added $1.86 trillion, a 186 percent increase from the $998 billion debt.

US Debt by President: By Dollar and Percent

Interesting but the fact is that only Congress can create a deficit or debt. We tend to blame or give credit to whoever happens to be president at the time, but Congress is who has the pocketbook. The president can only spend the White House Budget.

During President Obama's two terms, more money was added to the debt than during the terms of all the other presidents combined. Take a look at who controlled Congress during those years.

I think Presidents have veto power over budgets. I don't know the answer as to whether or not the budget was passed over a veto but I'm guessing it wasn't. If it was he is blameless. He doubled the national debt. Giving a tax cur without cutting spending is heading in the same direction.

Originally Posted by Guest

I think Presidents have veto power over budgets. I don't know the answer as to whether or not the budget was passed over a veto but I'm guessing it wasn't. If it was he is blameless. He doubled the national debt. Giving a tax cur without cutting spending is heading in the same direction.

"As there was a deal in 1983, there was a deal in 1982 — a budget deal. Democrats will tell you that Reagan teamed with O’Neill to raise taxes and save the day. For instance, President Obama has said, “If Ronald Reagan could compromise, why wouldn’t folks who idolize Ronald Reagan be willing to engage in those same kinds of compromises?” I’ll tell you what “folks” know, some of us: that O’Neill and the Democrats promised three dollars in spending cuts for every dollar in taxes raised. The taxes were raised, of course; the spending cuts never came. Reagan kicked himself, hard, for that deal."

Read more at: National Review

Originally Posted by Guest

If the government ever "came after you"...your guns will be worthless, because they will use viruses.

And a person is 43 times more likely to be shot by a family member than an intruder when there is a gun in the house.

Sounds like a paranoid delusion to me.

Originally Posted by Guest

Regan buried this country in debt and was into dementia at the end of his term. That's a pretty low bar.

Obama buried us...he added $10 trillion.

Originally Posted by Guest

"they're the 99% and they live along MLK Blvd..,in the inner cities...where we FEAR to go."

Conservatives fear a lot of things. Blacks, Muslims, Mexicans, gays, transgenders, taking away their guns, immigrants, Jade Helm, the United Nations, a "War on Christmas" even Starbucks coffee cups.

Should we give all those scaredy cats a teddy bear for Christmas?

You combined fear and loathing...

"We" fear blacks...as do you. You won't wander down MLK Blvd at 1am either. We fear what some Muslims do: List of Islamic Terror Attacks The Mexicans ARE breeding us out. They WILL be the majority in 30 years.

The others...are loathed...not feared.

The rest...whatever...you're the one obsessed with those.

Originally Posted by Guest

Ronald Reagan: Added $1.86 trillion, a 186 percent increase from the $998 billion debt.

US Debt by President: By Dollar and Percent

But nowhere NEAR the $10 trillion Obama added.

Originally Posted by Guest

If the government ever "came after you"...your guns will be worthless, because they will use viruses.

And a person is 43 times more likely to be shot by a family member than an intruder when there is a gun in the house.

Yes they will...and you've been "primed" to be susceptible...the flu shots...sensitized you to the "killer strain" they've got developed. At least that's what some people say.