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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (177361)12/7/2005 3:48:23 PM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Read the facts, and weep.. US public debt rose by 40% during the Clinton administration from $4 Trillion to $5.6 Trillion

Excuse me, but that is total debt, not the publice debt. That's important. Intragovernmental debt is where the SS Trust Debt is held. There isn't anything the President can do about the intragovernmental debt. The Intragovernmental debt shows the current liability of the social security trust fund, plus some other noise.

However, we're a country at war, having suffered a Trillion dollar economic hit from 9/11.

I think you'll find that the Heritage Foundation points out that the growth rate of security related Federal expenses has tripled over the rate that Clinton operated under. And the rate of growth for non-security related Federal expenditures have doubled. The later not in any way shape or form being even remotely related to 9/11. ... I'd like to mention the recent report card from the 9/11 commission on just how well those security related Federal expenses are improving our security. Interoperability was a big issue, how far have we gotten on that one?

Then there's the Medicare prescription program that hasn't even started to hit the budget. I heard someone from the Heritage Foundation point out that the Medicare prescription program has an unfunded liability three time that of Social Security. Conservatives thought Social Security was a problem and then turned around and created a mandatory program that has a problem three times larger than social security. Makes sense to Bush, not me.

....having suffered a Trillion dollar economic hit from 9/11.

That number keeps on getting bigger...are you aware of any analysis I might read that shows how they figured that out?

jttmab

P.S. I saved this link just for you ... This is how the Bush Adminitration appreciates the sacrafices made be those in uniform. csmonitor.com
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