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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (38729)	7/29/2004 7:55:04 PM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 81568

Overall, the debt has increased a good deal. If my memory serves me right, it has more than doubled. The national debt clock might give you a ballpark figure. By the way, there are other links to the national debt clock that might give you a definitive answer. brillig.com ---------------------------- "When President Clinton took office in 1993, the annual budget deficit in the US stood at $255bn, and the country had accumulated a public debt of just over three trillion US dollars." news.bbc.co.uk capitolgrilling.com -------------------------------- About six months back, someone reported at dailyreckoning.com that, when Veep Cheney was confronted with the problem of the national debt, he said, in effect, that it is relatively unimportant or of little consequence. Go figure!