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To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (278296)	7/20/2002 2:09:29 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Sorry if my facts contradicted your position. It's up to each one of us to choose whether we want to be fooled by government accounting gimmicks. The fact is when you factor in IOU's to Social Security recipients, we haven't been running a surplus. Here's another fact. Gramm/Rudman took effect in 1986. So, not only was half your post factually incorrect regarding the Reagan revenue question, but practically the entire post was. heritage.org

To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (278296)	7/20/2002 3:02:41 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Good source of information regarding the debt. publicdebt.treas.gov The Debt To the Penny Current Amount 07/18/2002 $6,133,146,456,673.25 Current Month 07/17/2002 $6,119,360,038,214.16 07/16/2002 $6,119,331,528,850.00 07/15/2002 $6,116,731,188,478.30 07/12/2002 $6,126,893,802,921.30 07/11/2002 $6,126,597,702,503.04 07/10/2002 $6,114,053,599,385.23 07/09/2002 $6,119,318,643,079.06 07/08/2002 $6,116,271,961,643.33 07/05/2002 $6,115,735,419,045.29 07/03/2002 $6,110,412,345,649.01 07/02/2002 $6,124,073,516,137.05 07/01/2002 $6,117,106,533,104.73 Prior Months 06/28/2002 $6,126,468,760,400.48 05/31/2002 $6,019,332,312,247.55 04/30/2002 $5,984,677,357,213.86 03/29/2002 $6,006,031,606,265.38 02/28/2002 $6,003,453,016,583.85 01/31/2002 $5,937,228,743,476.27 12/31/2001 $5,943,438,563,436.13 11/30/2001 $5,888,896,887,571.34 10/31/2001 $5,815,983,290,402.24 Prior Fiscal Years 09/28/2001 $5,807,463,412,200.06 09/29/2000 $5,674,178,209,886.86 09/30/1999 $5,656,270,901,615.43 09/30/1998 $5,526,193,008,897.62 09/30/1997 $5,413,146,011,397.34 09/30/1996 $5,224,810,939,135.73 09/29/1995 $4,973,982,900,709.39 09/30/1994 $4,692,749,910,013.32 09/30/1993 $4,411,488,883,139.38 09/30/1992 $4,064,620,655,521.66 09/30/1991 $3,665,303,351,697.03 09/28/1990 $3,233,313,451,777.25 09/29/1989 $2,857,430,960,187.32 09/30/1988 $2,602,337,712,041.16 09/30/1987 $2,350,276,890,953.00 SOURCE: BUREAU OF THE PUBLIC DEBT