tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post197560761515541384..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Why Spending Must Be Brought Under ControlDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-35358514411048372642010-11-24T10:14:13.076-08:002010-11-24T10:14:13.076-08:00It's when the health care costs really start t...It's when the health care costs really start to kick in.<br /><br />Of course extrapolations that far out are silly, which is one of the reasons why I love the global warmers so much. Still, I don't see anyone arguing that our interest payments are going to go *down* any time soon.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-74139950992158012432010-11-24T06:27:31.776-08:002010-11-24T06:27:31.776-08:00Come on. Extrapolating a possibly exponential curv...Come on. Extrapolating a possibly exponential curve out to 2082? You really shouldn't, as a math teacher, have let that go without some comment. <br /><br />But I'll play along ... let's read the graph. The percentage surges upward in 1980-1984 when Reagan was doing those enormous deficit budgets -- to drive the Russians to bankruptcy, yes, but it still increases.<br /><br />Then the economy recovered and those percentages dropped under Clinton (not that he was totally responsible for that, but it does make a good way to tweak conservatives!). Likewise, the percentages rises under GWB, hits a peak in 2010 under Obama, and then shows a tremendous downward slope under the remaining years of Obama's term (and into his next?). Then, in 2016 (when the Republican presumably gets elected), the percentage starts to climb again.<br /><br />I'm not sure that's exactly what you had in mind, though.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323026187622872114noreply@blogger.com