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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (6617)2/8/2009 2:33:38 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof   of 103300
 
Nice clear encyclopedia article:

Real U.S. National Debt (measured against GNP) WENT DOWN under Kennedy/Johnson (-16.5%), slightly down under Nixon/Ford (-2.8%) & Carter's single four years (-3.2%)....

HUGELY INCREASED under Reagan/Bush (+20.5%), increased at an EVEN FASTER rate under H.W. Bush's single four years (+13.1%)....

Then WENT DOWN BIG again under Clinton (-8.8%)....

And UP BIG again under Bush the Younger (est. +10.8%).

en.wikipedia.org

It would seem that --- with a *48 year-long track record* to review (Presidents from 1960 through 2008)... some kind of evidential base is beginning to pile up... perhaps a long-=enough time span to draw a preliminary conclusion or two....
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