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


To: DizzyG who wrote (671740)2/8/2005 8:15:09 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps  Respond to of 769670
 
So removing SS surplus from this years budget would mean the deficit is even larger than $400 Billion - even larger than 3.3% of GDP. Right?



To: DizzyG who wrote (671740)2/8/2005 8:31:28 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769670
 
When Reagan had his huge deficit in 1983 (over 5% of GDP, he did not have a big SS surplus like Bush has at present.