# "We'll bankrupt our children"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-bankrupt-our-children/488633>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 7, 2009, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-bankrupt-our-children/488633 "2009-03-07T05:23:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-bankrupt-our-children/488633/101 "2009-05-01T18:22:48Z")

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We’re bankrupting our children!

Obviously the solution is tax cuts.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-bankrupt-our-children/488633/102 "2009-05-01T18:29:14Z")

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> [@SteveG1](#):
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> Werewolf congress? Doom bunkers? What on earth are you guys talking about? I’m lost here.

At the time the thread was opened (March 7th), Stephen Colbert had recently made a dire prediction about America in the mid 21st century that involved Werewolf Congresses and Doom Bunkers and whatnot. If you rewatch the episode from the 6th (it might have been the 5th) you’ll see what we meant.

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