The facts are what they are. One only needs to view this chart to realize the policies of the conservative movement are destroying our nation. Under conservative rule we have seen our manufacturing prowess eviscerated, our stature in the world obliterate, and our standard of living spiraling toward another Great Depression. With a national debt closing in on 9.3 trillion and a trade deficit pushing 800 billion we are virtually defenseless against more job loss and economic disaster. How did we get here? We have allowed corporate special interests to run our government and enact policies that benefit a handful at the expense of the multitude. Today our government is in the process of borrowing 157 billion dollars, most likely from the likes of China, so we can be as irresponsible as the conservatives who have brought us massive deficits and enormous debt, Instead of encouraging our citizens to continue to be irresponsible by handing out loans in the hopes we will spent like conservatives.  We should be investing in our nations infrastructure. We should be building roads and bridges, schools and hospitals, as well as funding head start programs, more generous unemployment and welfare programs, making sure college is affordable and health care in guaranteed. There are so many better ways to “prime the pump” then hoping consumers will be irresponsible and squander whatever loan they are handed.