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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter O'Brien who wrote (421544)	7/1/2003 8:27:46 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Sure. Sorry for the formatting: Year Deficit 1977 $53b 1978 $59b 1979 $40b 1980 $74b 1981 $79b Reagan cranks up the spending 1982 $128b 1983 $208b 1984 $185b 1985 $212b 1986 $221b 1987 $150b 1988 $155b 1989 $153b 1990 $220b 1991 $270b More in one year than all 4 years of Carter 1992 $290b A New Record! 1993 $255b Clinton takes over 1994 $203b 1995 $163b 1996 $107b 1997 $92b Notice a trend here? 1998-2000 - SURPLUS Now, back to deficits. Potentially a record $400 BILLION (let's say that again - $400 BILLION DEFICIT IN ONE YEAR). So, Bush II seems determined to break Reagan's and Dad's records.