and, during the biggest economic expansion, the prior administration increased the national debt by TWO TRILLION dollars. one would think, when the economy is THAT GOOD, that one would pay down debt instead of accumulating more....wouldn't that make sense? so, as is so plainly seen by the numbers, all of the bs about a budget surplus is just that....bs. if i go out and borrow 20% of my income to meet my budget expenses, that's a little different (at least in my eyes) than running a true budget surplus. but, hey, that was what gephart is out there harping on.... go figure. a trillion here, a trillion there, and pretty soon you're talking big money! and that was during a period where we didn't have a large national security issue, such as 9/11. but go ahead and keep posting your #'s as though this is a new phenomenon under the new administration.
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 |
