The National Debt Explained in a Road Trip

[vSxAppLezZ]

Vote for President Obama 2012!

[fskobic]

it's like comparing buying a plasma TV for $2,000 and investing $15,000 in your education. i'd rather invest in education, because it will earn me money in the future, than spend on a TV which will break down in a few years anyway, and leave me with nothing, even though the initial spending is smaller. metaphorically, bush was buying TVs (from his buddies, nonetheless, and charging you for it), and obama is investing in education for all of you. plus, he's paying the debt the other guys made.

[Germany124]

Ron Paul 2012! Restore America Now!

[circusoflife]

nice idea & metaphor...didn't care for the execution...maybe one should wonder why the car is going so fast now...2012...maybe larger forces at work...

[jessicalilac]

loooooooooooool

[gnanakon]

The sad thing is that many stupid fellow citizens will believe the biased nonsense in this presentation cause they are too stupid to figure things out. Spending exploded under bush but deficits weren't as bad given that tax reciepts were very large given the real estate bubble. Obama came and the recession greatly reduced tax reciepts making deficits explode. Still a republican created problem.

[slimballa93]

Obama is driving faster to clean-up the mess that Reagan, HW, and Bush Jr accumulated. We are figting Republican wars and a Republican made recession. They spent the money, and now we have to spend more money to cover their debt (Iraq/Bush tax cuts) and also our everyday bills (social security/healthcare/veterans benefits/welfare).

[durhamdf]

THe problem with this analogy, although I did enjoy it, is that it doesn't take into consideration the size of our economy at the different points in history where our debt went throught the roof. For instance, during ww2 the debt may not seem as scary as during the Obama administration, but at the time it was 200% of our GDP. During the early 80's our debt/gdp ratio was very simillar to what it is today. The larger the economy, the more debt a country can accumulate and maintain stability

[Velodyne66]

Again another example useless, pointless data mapping we do. This a typical what the American viewership can relate to instead of analyzing the actual issues at hand. If you need props and chalkboards to make your points (i.e, Glenn Beck), you're obviously ill equipped to grasp the concepts and facts surrounding our nations economy. If Obama's fiscal policies and plans fail, it will be because Americans will perpetuate their inability to be accountable for their actions.

[frankenshizzle]

I thought this was clever and all but there is some weird stuff in here. I calculated that obama, based on your analogy, will create 8 tillion dollars of dept in 8 years, so what is the 9,979 billion come from? Are you basing things off national dept at the end of the presidency or spending during that presidency? Where did you get the numbers?

[AtlasShruggery]

"Reagan taught us that deficits don't matter." - Dick Cheney

[Kiro123123123]

Excellent.  Thanks!

[vivalaryan54]

Im subscribing

[Fromthecenter1]

Obozo and the dumbocrats are going to take the car all the way to alaska!! Thanks Libatards.

[medartist01]

A clearly flawed road-trip analogy is meant to DISTORT the facts and FOOL you, folks. This guy's NOT COMPARING what the total debt is, to each administration's fiscal policies, and is simply conflating it all together. Clever and intentionally meant to DECEIVE. Why? Because if you compared graph of what Reagan(x2), HWBush, Clinton(x2), GWBush(x2) and Obama has done, you would see clearly who ballooned the Debt, and who worked to lower it. Its easy. But this guy DOESN'T LIKE THAT CONCLUSION!

[backwardsandforwards]

Not only does he not mention whether or not spending was financed but this preschool video also doesnt account for the fact that increases in public spending under Obama are to compensate for the pillaging and weakening of the economy under bush and clinton.

Its like complaining to the fire department that your stuff is all wet after they put out your house fire.

[dovie2blue]

The car came to the edge of the country in California but Obama has no natural boundary to stop his spending...he can just order more money to be printed until it's all useless.

[billze6]

america is in deep shit he is just trying to save your pathetic lives

[GIZZYINDY]

By driving 164 MPH ? How does that work? I think you're the one sounding a little pathetic. Or you're in complete denial is more likely the case.

[happycamper3dhd]

Great video!

[Basisforstace]

nicely done

[look2leap4]

Were heading for a cliff and someone bled the brakes!!!

[brg73]

hey this was great. As I am a dumbass, the 9.9 billion is what comes back as a greater debt killer eventually. The torture of witnessing nitpicking budgets and bridges falling down needs money. It all comes back. We make it that way as dumbasses who keep working reality. I want my 90hp sube to do 174mph however.

[Chick6517]

Damnnn that's cool. haha Very cool video. You should most definitely make more in the future. haha This is too interesting!

[vette0812]

This is awesome!!!!!!! Why doesn't it have more views? 1,889

This is going on my facebook

[metropolitical]

The Obama debt levels reflect just how (mostly) Repub and (some) Democ policy seriously screwed up our economy: the country is on the brink of a Depression. Serious problems demand serious remedies. Also your own figures show a similar proportion increase in debt during the first Depression, - debt doubled. So the difference is what?  You are also forgetting that your "drive" occurs in time...over time population and GDP has also mushroomed.

[realrockvince]

Yes, the better way of showing the "debt car" is the way that they did it in the film "I.O.U.S.A.", as a percentage of GDP. Then you can really see how FDR fucked it up more than any other president. Of course, Obama will give him a run for his money (no pun intended).

[durhamdf]

@realrockvince thank you! And nobody ever discusses the 12 countries who currently have a much larger debt/gdp ratio than the U.S. or labels those countries as "bankrupt" :) People need to understand that the national debt is an important issue and will effect future policy, but the levels of debt we are at today are FAR from unprecedented

[garrettp999]

Jesus Tap Dancing Christ on Crutches. Now I know I am freaked the eff out.

[dynamo400]

Americas going to blow a gasket.

[soeasypls]

President Obama is the NWOs Sheeple hearder there main BOY ! YOU READY AMERICA? HELL I KNOW IM NOT NO/NWO!

[tinfoilcap]

Outstanding! I'm forwarding to everyone I know. So who ate all the funyuns?

[vrossino46]

good video m8

[tak1024]

thats when you get into an accident, right?

[OriginalWolly]

lol, stupid obama